Self-citations at the meso and individual levels: Effects of different calculation methods

Scientometrics

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 517-537

  Costas, Rodrigo ^a   van Leeuwen, Thed N ^b   Bordons, María ^a  

^a Centro de Ciencias Humanas y Sociales   (Spain)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bibliometric indicators; Citation analysis; Individual scientists; Meso level; Micro level; Self citations

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952424920     PISSN: 01389130     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11192-010-0187-7     Document Type: Article

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