The invisibility of science publications in hebrew: A comparative database study

Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 607-615

  Gordon, Avishag ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENGLISH LANGUAGES; INTERNATIONAL EXPOSURE; LIFE-SCIENCES; NATIVE LANGUAGE; SCIENCE CITATION INDEX; SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY; SCIENTIFIC MATERIALS; SCIENTIFIC STUDIES; WORLD WAR II;

DATABASE SYSTEMS; MILITARY OPERATIONS;

PUBLISHING;

EID: 84857654251     PISSN: 15322882     EISSN: 15322890     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/asi.21704     Document Type: Article

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