Concentration effect of citation to Iranian papers: Iran's Matthew core journals

Online Information Review

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 471-491

  Sotudeh, Hajar ^a  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Citation analysis; Iran; Matthew core journal; Matthew effect; Publication strategy; Research work; Serials

Indexed keywords

CITATION ANALYSIS; CORE JOURNALS; IRAN; MATTHEW EFFECTS; PUBLICATION STRATEGY; SERIALS;

INFORMATION ANALYSIS; USER INTERFACES;

PUBLISHING;

EID: 79959884902     PISSN: 14684527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14684521111151478     Document Type: Article

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