What do UK academics cite? An analysis of references cited in UK scholarly outputs

Scientometrics

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 613-627

  Creaser, Claire ^a   Oppenheim, Charles ^b   Summers, Mark A C ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cited references; Disciplinary differences; Publication behaviour; Research assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 79251600298     PISSN: 01389130     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11192-010-0321-6     Document Type: Article

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