The drivers of citations in management science journals

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 205, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 422-430

  Mingers, John ^a   Xu, Fang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Citations; Impact factors; Journals; Research quality

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC DEPARTMENT; IMPACT FACTOR; RESEARCH QUALITY;

INDEXING (OF INFORMATION); MANAGEMENT SCIENCE; RESEARCH;

TECHNICAL WRITING;

EID: 76949086870     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2009.12.008     Document Type: Article

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