The citation life cycle of articles published in 13 American Psychological Association journals: A 25-year longitudinal analysis

Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology

Volumn 62, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1629-1636

  Walters, Glenn D ^a  

^a FEDERAL CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HIGH IMPACT; LONGITUDINAL ANALYSIS;

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EID: 79960335819     PISSN: 15322882     EISSN: 15322890     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/asi.21560     Document Type: Article

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