Google scholar author citation tracker: Is it too little, too late?

Online Information Review

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 126-141

  Jacsó, Péter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Internet; Research work; Search engines

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC CAREERS; DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH; GOOGLE SCHOLAR; H INDICES; POTENTIAL BENEFITS;

COMPUTER APPLICATIONS; INTERNET; SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

SEARCH ENGINES;

EID: 84857731009     PISSN: 14684527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14684521211209581     Document Type: Article

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