Behind citing-side normalization of citations: Some properties of the journal impact factor

Scientometrics

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 329-344

  Zitt, M ^a,b  

^a LERECO   (France)

^b Observatoire des Sciences et des Techniques (OST)   (France)

Author keywords

Citation; Citation normalization; Citing side normalization; Impact factor; Source level normalization

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052627581     PISSN: 01389130     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11192-011-0441-7     Document Type: Article

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