A methodology for calculating prestige ranks of academic journals in communication: A more inclusive alternative to citation metrics

Behavioral and Social Sciences Librarian

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 63-71

  Stephen, Timothy D ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic journal ranking; Communication field; Impact factor scores; P weights

Indexed keywords

EID: 79958742183     PISSN: 01639269     EISSN: 15444546     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01639269.2011.565404     Document Type: Article

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