Impact factors of the sport sciences journals: Current trends, relative positions, and temporal stability

European Journal of Sport Science

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 81-90

  Tsigilis, Nikolaos ^a   Grouios, George ^b   Tsorbatzoudis, Haralambos ^b   Koidou, Irene ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Citation analysis; Journal citation reports; Research performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 76449085099     PISSN: 17461391     EISSN: 15367290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17461390903125152     Document Type: Article

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