Self-Citation in PJCR's Engineering Journals and their Significance in Determining Impact Factor during 2002-2006

International Journal of Information Science and Management

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 21-37

  Ghane, M R ^a  

^a Regional Information Center for Science and Technology   (Iran)

Author keywords

Author Self citation; Farsi engineering journals; Islamic world science citation database (ISC); Journal Impact Factor; Journal Self citation; Persian Journal Citation Reports (PJCR); Self citation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859840193     PISSN: 20088302     EISSN: 20088310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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