Effect of bibliographical classification on the impact factor of science- and engineering-based journals

Accountability in Research

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-12

  Foo, Jong Yong Abdiel ^a,b  

^a SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Bibliographical database; Citation; Impact factor; Indexing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE; ENGINEERING; HUMAN; JOURNAL IMPACT FACTOR; PUBLICATION; PUBLISHING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESEARCH; SCIENCE;

DATABASES, BIBLIOGRAPHIC; ENGINEERING; HUMANS; JOURNAL IMPACT FACTOR; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC; PUBLISHING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESEARCH; SCIENCE;

EID: 67849135232     PISSN: 08989621     EISSN: 15455815     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08989620802689516     Document Type: Article

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