Eigenfactor and article influence scores in the Journal Citation Reports

Online Information Review

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 339-348

  Jacsó, Péter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Eigenvalues and eigenfunctions; Influence; Information science; Libraries; Serials

Indexed keywords

IMPACT FACTOR; INFLUENCE; JOURNAL CITATION REPORTS; LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SCIENCE; PAGERANK; PAGERANK SCORE; PERFORMANCE INDICATORS; PERMANENT VALUES; SEARCH RESULTS; TESTING AND EVALUATION; WEB PAGE;

BENCHMARKING; INFORMATION SCIENCE; LIBRARIES; TECHNICAL WRITING;

EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS;

EID: 77953783760     PISSN: 14684527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14684521011037034     Document Type: Article

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