Multiple open access availability and citation impact

Journal of Information Science

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 19-28

  Xia, Jingfeng ^a   Lynette Myers, Rebekah ^a   Kay Wilhoite, Sara ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b IVY TECH COMMUNITY COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

multiple open access copies; open access citation advantage; web search engine

Indexed keywords

CITATION IMPACT; JOURNAL ARTICLES; LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SCIENCE; OPEN ACCESS; OPEN ACCESS CITATION ADVANTAGE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WEB SEARCH ENGINE;

INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; SEARCH ENGINES;

WORLD WIDE WEB;

EID: 79551630257     PISSN: 01655515     EISSN: 17416485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0165551510389358     Document Type: Article

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