Coverage in scopus vs. web of science off research produced in Latin America and the Caribbean;Cobertura de la ciencia de América Latina y el Caribe en scopus vs web of science

Investigacion Bibliotecologica

Volumn 24, Issue 52, 2010, Pages 13-27

  Santa, Samaly ^a   Herrero Solana, Víctor ^b  

^a Consejería de Economía Innovación y Ciencia ^*  (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Databases; Latin American and Caribbean journals; Scientific output; Scopus; Web of science

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053208679     PISSN: 0187358X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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