Citation study of library and information science dissertations for Collection development

Malaysian Journal of Library and Information Science

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 29-47

  Keat, Yeap Chun ^a   Kaur, Kiran ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Authorship pattern; Bibliometrics; Citation analysis; Journal ranking; Library information science research

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956312628     PISSN: 13946234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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