Journal self-citation XXII: On the journal impact factor - A historical perspective

Communications of the Association for Information Systems

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 177-182

  Drew, David E ^a  

^a CLAREMONT GRADUATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Department rankings; Impact factors; Policy impacts

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

DEPARTMENT RANKINGS; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; IMPACT FACTOR; NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATIONS; SCIENCE DEVELOPMENT; U.S. NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCILS;

EID: 73149106981     PISSN: 15293181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17705/1cais.02522     Document Type: Article

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