What makes a great journal great in the sciences? Which came first, the chicken or the egg?

Scientometrics

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 17-40

  Chang, Chia Lin ^a   McAleer, Michael ^b,c,d   Oxley, Les ^e  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b Erasmus University Rotterdam   (Netherlands)

^c TINBERGEN INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^d KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

2Y STAR; Article Influence; C3PO; Cited Article Influence; Eigenfactor; h index; H STAR; IFI; Immediacy; Impact factors; PI BETA; Research Assessment Measures (RAM); Zinfluence

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952009178     PISSN: 01389130     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11192-010-0335-0     Document Type: Article

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