Citations to scientific articles: Its distribution and dependence on the article features

Journal of Informetrics

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-13

  Vieira, E S ^a   Gomes, J A N F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Citations analyses; Field; Impact

Indexed keywords

EID: 71249131216     PISSN: 17511577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joi.2009.06.002     Document Type: Article

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