Researchers' perceptions of citations

Research Policy

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 895-905

  Aksnes, Dag W ^a   Rip, Arie ^b  

^a NORDIC INSTITUTE FOR STUDIES IN INNOVATION   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Citation indicators; Citations; Highly cited articles; Quality; Sociology of citations

Indexed keywords

CITATION INDICATORS; CITATIONS; HIGHLY CITED ARTICLES; QUALITY; SOCIOLOGY OF CITATIONS;

SURVEYS;

SOCIAL SCIENCES;

EID: 67349241366     PISSN: 00487333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2009.02.001     Document Type: Article

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