Citation practices among non-native expert and novice scientific writers

Journal of English for Academic Purposes

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 152-161

  Mansourizadeh, Kobra ^a   Ahmad, Ummul K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Academic writing; Citation analysis; Expert writers; Novice writers

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052081464     PISSN: 14751585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jeap.2011.03.004     Document Type: Article

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