On the prevalence and scientific impact of duplicate publications in different scientific fields (1980-2007)

Journal of Documentation

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 179-190

  Larivière, Vincent ^a   Gingras, Yves ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ethics; Information science; Intellectual property; Medical sciences; Publications

Indexed keywords

EID: 77649276996     PISSN: 00220418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00220411011023607     Document Type: Article

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