The representation of nationalities on the editorial boards of international journals and the promotion of the scientific output of the same countries

Scientometrics

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 799-811

  García Carpintero, Esther ^a   Granadino, Begoña ^a   Plaza, Luis M ^a  

^a Centro de Ciencias Humanas y Sociales   (Spain)

Author keywords

Editorial boards; Internationalisation indicators; Scientific journals; Visibility of science

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954956748     PISSN: 01389130     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11192-010-0199-3     Document Type: Article

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