A bibliometric snapshot of the journal of higher education and its impact on the field

Behavioral and Social Sciences Librarian

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 283-295

  Earp, Vanessa J ^a  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bibliometric analysis; Higher education journals; Impact factor; The journal of higher education

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649828399     PISSN: 01639269     EISSN: 15444546     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01639269.2010.521034     Document Type: Article

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