Non-alphanumeric characters in titles of scientific publications: An analysis of their occurrence and correlation with citation impact

Journal of Informetrics

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 608-617

  Buter, R K ^a   van Raan, A F J ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bootstrap; Heatmaps; Impact; Occurrence; Scientific publications; Special characters; Titles

Indexed keywords

EID: 80054027774     PISSN: 17511577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joi.2011.05.008     Document Type: Article

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