The new Excellence Indicator in the World Report of the SCImago Institutions Rankings 2011

Journal of Informetrics

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 333-335

  Bornmann, Lutz ^a   De Moya Anegón, Felix ^b   Leydesdorff, Loet ^c  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^b Institute of Public Goods and Policies   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

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EID: 84857136888     PISSN: 17511577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joi.2011.11.006     Document Type: Letter

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