Rankings and trends in citation patterns of communication journals

Communication Education

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 41-51

  Levine, Timothy R ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Google scholar; H score; Impact factor; ISI; Journal citations; Journal rankings; SSCI

Indexed keywords

EID: 73049094779     PISSN: 03634523     EISSN: 14795795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03634520903296825     Document Type: Article

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