ArticleRank: A PageRank-based alternative to numbers of citations for analysing citation networks

Aslib Proceedings: New Information Perspectives

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 605-618

  Li, Jiang ^a   Willett, Peter ^b  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bibliographies; Reference services

Indexed keywords

CITATION DATA; CITATION NETWORKS; CITED PAPERS; DATA SETS; DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH; JOURNAL ARTICLES; KNOWLEDGE DATABASE; NOVEL APPLICATIONS; PAGERANK; PAGERANK ALGORITHM; REFERENCE SERVICES; WEBOMETRICS;

BIBLIOGRAPHIES; INFORMATION SERVICES; LIBRARIES;

TECHNICAL WRITING;

EID: 71049172116     PISSN: 0001253X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00012530911005544     Document Type: Article

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