Comprehensive bibliographic coverage of the social sciences and humanities in a citation index: An empirical analysis of the potential

Scientometrics

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 567-575

  Sivertsen, Gunnar ^a   Larsen, Birger ^b  

^a NORDIC INSTITUTE FOR STUDIES IN INNOVATION   (Norway)

^b ROYAL SCHOOL OF LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SCIENCE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Bibliographic database; Books; Citation index; Humanities; Journals; Publication patterns; Social sciences

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859428131     PISSN: 01389130     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11192-011-0615-3     Document Type: Article

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