Factors affecting citations: A comparison between chinese and english journals in ecology

Chinese Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1253-1262

  Xiao, Hong ^a   Yuan, Fei ^b   Wu, Jian Guo ^b,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF APPLIED ECOLOGY   (China)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INNER MONGOLIA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Citation rate; Ecology; Impact factor; Number of authors; Paper length

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC RESEARCH; ANNUAL REVIEW; ECOLOGICAL ENGINEERING; RESEARCH WORK; THEORETICAL STUDY;

ARTICLE; CHINA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOLOGY; JOURNAL IMPACT FACTOR; PUBLICATION; PUBLISHING; STATISTICS;

CHINA; ECOLOGY; JOURNAL IMPACT FACTOR; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC; PUBLISHING;

EID: 67651114015     PISSN: 10019332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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