Definition and identification of journals as bibliographic and subject entities: Librarianship versus ISI journal citation reports methods and their effect on citation measures

Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1097-1117

  Bensman, Stephen J ^a   Leydesdorff, Loet ^b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; FACTOR ANALYSIS; IMPACT FACTOR; JOURNAL CITATION REPORTS; JOURNAL RANKINGS; JOURNAL TITLES; LIBRARY OF CONGRESS; RESEARCH LIBRARIES; SCIENCE CITATION INDEX;

LIBRARIES;

INTERSYMBOL INTERFERENCE;

EID: 66149124473     PISSN: 15322882     EISSN: 15322890     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/asi.21020     Document Type: Article

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