Exploring the management information systems discipline: A scientometric study of ICIS, PACIS and ASAC

Scientometrics

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-16

  Cocosila, Mihail ^a   Serenko, Alexander ^b   Turel, Ofir ^c  

^a ATHABASCA UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b LAKEHEAD UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

ASAC; Conference; ICIS; Lotka's law; Loyalty; Management information systems; PACIS; Productivity; Yule Simon's law

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952007349     PISSN: 01389130     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11192-010-0331-4     Document Type: Article

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