Impact of Excessive Journal Self-Citations: A Case Study on the Folia Phoniatrica et Logopaedica Journal

Science and Engineering Ethics

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 65-73

  Foo, Jong Yong Abdiel ^a,b  

^a SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b AGENCY FOR SCIENCE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Bibliographical database; Bibliometric data; Citations; Indexing; Journal impact factor

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951950337     PISSN: 13533452     EISSN: 16605454     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11948-009-9177-7     Document Type: Article

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