A new approach to measuring scientific production in JCR journals and its application to Spanish public universities

Scientometrics

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 271-293

  Gómez Sancho, José María ^a   Mancebón Torrubia, María Jesús ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Journal impact factor; Research evaluation; Universities

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955845011     PISSN: 01389130     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11192-010-0217-5     Document Type: Article

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