Micro-credits in scientific publishing

Journal of Documentation

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 958-974

  Casati, Roberto ^a   Origgi, Gloria ^a   Simon, Judith ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Credit attribution; Online publication; Publications; Reputation measures; Research work; Scientific communication; Scientific evaluation; Scientometrics

Indexed keywords

EID: 80054844003     PISSN: 00220418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00220411111183546     Document Type: Article

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