Author self-citations in the field of ecology

Scientometrics

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 943-953

  Leblond, Mathieu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À RIMOUSKI   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bibliometrics; Citation models; Diachronous self citations; Journal impact factor; Self reference; Synchronous self citations

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860584402     PISSN: 01389130     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11192-011-0565-9     Document Type: Article

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