Scholarly communication in transition: The use of question marks in the titles of scientific articles in medicine, life sciences and physics 1966-2005

Scientometrics

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 667-679

  Ball, Rafael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

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EID: 70349331574     PISSN: 01389130     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11192-007-1984-5     Document Type: Article

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