The effect of an is article's structure on its impact

Communications of the Association for Information Systems

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 149-172

  Tams, Stefan ^a   Grover, Varun ^a  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Article impact; Article structure; Citation analysis; IS field; IS research; Relevance; Rigor

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

ARTICLE IMPACT; CITATION ANALYSIS; IS RESEARCHES; RELEVANCE; RIGOR;

EID: 77958112852     PISSN: 15293181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17705/1cais.02710     Document Type: Article

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