Reliability-based citation impact factor and the manipulation of impact factor

Scientometrics

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 259-270

  Yu, Guang ^a   Yang, Dong Hui ^a   Liang, Wang ^a  

^a HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Impact factor; Manipulation; R impact factor; Self cited rate

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952319971     PISSN: 01389130     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11192-009-0083-1     Document Type: Article

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