Strange attractors in the Web of Science database

Journal of Informetrics

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 214-218

  García Pérez, Miguel A ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Citation analysis; Scientometrics

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650523205     PISSN: 17511577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joi.2010.07.006     Document Type: Article

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