Cybernating the academe: Centralized scholarly ranking and visibility of scholars in the developing world

Journal of Information Science

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 228-241

  Nwagwu, Williams E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Citation analysis; Citation indexes; Cybernetics; Scholarly publications; Scholarly ranking

Indexed keywords

CITATION ANALYSIS; CITATION INDEX; COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE; DEVELOPING REGIONS; DEVELOPING WORLD; INTELLECTUAL DISCOURSE; PERFORMANCE CRITERION; SCHOLARLY PUBLICATION; SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE; SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH;

COMPETITION; CYBERNETICS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; PUBLISHING;

TECHNICAL WRITING;

EID: 77950227178     PISSN: 01655515     EISSN: 17416485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0165551509358482     Document Type: Article

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