Research productivity and impact of library and information science in the web of science

Malaysian Journal of Library and Information Science

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 85-95

  Erfanmanesh, Mohammad Amin ^a   Didegah, Fereshteh ^b   Omidvar, Sepideh ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^b Regional Information Center for Science and Technology   (Iran)

^c ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Citation analysis; Library and information science; Research productivity; Scientometrics; Web of science

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650279589     PISSN: 13946234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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