Self-citations that contribute to the journal impact factor: An investment-benefit-yield analysis

Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology

Volumn 61, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2575-2580

  Campanario, Juan Miguel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMPACT FACTOR; JOURNAL CITATION REPORTS; SCIENCE CITATION INDEX; YIELD ANALYSIS;

INDEXING (OF INFORMATION); INVESTMENTS;

INFORMATION DISSEMINATION;

EID: 78449266765     PISSN: 15322882     EISSN: 15322890     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/asi.21439     Document Type: Article

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