The effect of scholar collaboration on impact and quality of academic papers

Journal of Informetrics

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 540-553

  Franceschet, Massimo ^a   Costantini, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bibliometrics; Peer review; Scholar collaboration

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956475952     PISSN: 17511577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joi.2010.06.003     Document Type: Article

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