Citing-side normalization of journal impact: A robust variant of the Audience Factor

Journal of Informetrics

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 392-406

  Zitt, Michel ^a,b  

^a LERECO   (France)

^b Observatoire des Sciences et des Techniques OST   (France)

Author keywords

Audience factor; Citing side normalization; Impact factor; Journal impact; Normalized impact; Source normalization

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957783614     PISSN: 17511577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joi.2010.03.004     Document Type: Article

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