Using Google scholar to estimate the impact of journal articles in education

Educational Researcher

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 387-400

  van Aalst, Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Faculty development; Google Scholar; Research impact

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953966487     PISSN: 0013189X     EISSN: 1935102X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3102/0013189X10371120     Document Type: Article

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