On the definition of forward and backward citation generations

Journal of Informetrics

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 27-36

  Hu, Xiaojun ^a,b   Rousseau, Ronald ^c,d   Chen, Jin ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^c Katholieke Hogeschool Brugge Oostende   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Citation generations; Direct and indirect influence; Generating function; Web of Science

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650520005     PISSN: 17511577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joi.2010.07.004     Document Type: Article

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