The relationship between co-authorship, currency of references and author self-citations

Scientometrics

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 343-360

  Lin, Wen Yau Cathy ^a   Huang, Mu Hsuan ^b  

^a TAMKANG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Author self citation; Co authorship; Publication lag; Self citation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855559888     PISSN: 01389130     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11192-011-0523-6     Document Type: Article

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