Using the h-index to measure the quality of journals in the field of business and management

Information Processing and Management

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 234-241

  Mingers, John ^a   MacRi, Frederico ^a   Petrovici, Dan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Citations; Google Scholar; h Index; Impact factor; Journal quality; Research impact; Web of Science

Indexed keywords

DATA PROCESSING; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT;

CITATIONS; GOOGLE SCHOLAR; H INDICES; IMPACT FACTOR; JOURNAL QUALITY; RESEARCH IMPACTS; WEB OF SCIENCE;

INDEXING (OF INFORMATION);

EID: 84857348984     PISSN: 03064573     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ipm.2011.03.009     Document Type: Article

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