Measuring a journal's input rhythm based on its publication-reference matrix

Journal of Informetrics

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 201-209

  Liang, Liming ^a,b   Rousseau, Ronald ^c,d,e  

^a HENAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c Katholieke Hogeschool Brugge Oostende   (Belgium)

^d HASSELT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Publication reference matrices; Relative reference factor; Rhythm sequences

Indexed keywords

EID: 77649238073     PISSN: 17511577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joi.2009.11.002     Document Type: Article

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