Remaining problems with the "New Crown Indicator" (MNCS) of the CWTS

Journal of Informetrics

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 224-225

  Leydesdorff, Loet ^a   Opthof, Tobias ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

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EID: 78650520764     PISSN: 17511577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joi.2010.10.003     Document Type: Letter

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