Scopus' SNIP indicator: Reply to moed

Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 214-215

  Leydesdorff, Loet ^a   Opthof, Tobias ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

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EID: 78650101294     PISSN: 15322882     EISSN: 15322890     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/asi.21405     Document Type: Letter

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