Journal self-citation II: The quest for high impact - Truth and consequences?

Communications of the Association for Information Systems

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 11-20

  Holsapple, Clyde W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Faculty performance rating; Journal impact factor

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; INFORMATION USE;

FACULTY MEMBERS; HIGH IMPACT; IMPACT FACTOR; INFORMATION SYSTEMS DISCIPLINES; JOURNAL CITATION REPORTS; PERFORMANCE RATINGS; THIRD PARTIES; THOMSON;

INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 73149095575     PISSN: 15293181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17705/1cais.02502     Document Type: Article

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