Assessing what distinguishes highly cited from less-cited papers published in interfaces

Interfaces

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 454-464

  Hamrick, Thomas A ^a   Fricker Jr , Ronald D ^a   Brown, Gerald G ^a  

^a NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Bibliometrics; Citation; Impact; Impact factor

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649834031     PISSN: 00922102     EISSN: 1526551X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/inte.1100.0527     Document Type: Article

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