Journal ranking and the dreams of academics

Online Information Review

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 827-830

  Lamp, John W ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Publishing; Serials

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH; JOURNAL RANKINGS; POTENTIAL IMPACTS; SERIALS;

REVIEWS;

EID: 70249088676     PISSN: 14684527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14684520910985747     Document Type: Article

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