Measuring contextual citation impact of scientific journals

Journal of Informetrics

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 265-277

  Moed, Henk F ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Database coverage; Journal impact factor; Journal metrics; Reference practices; Scopus; Source normalization

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954067938     PISSN: 17511577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joi.2010.01.002     Document Type: Article

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