Shaping the landscape of research in information systems from the perspective of editorial boards: A scientometric study of 77 leading journals

Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 977-996

  Cabanac, Guillaume ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

Author keywords

gatekeepers; scholarly communication; scientometrics

Indexed keywords

AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR INFORMATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGIES; DATA SETS; DEMOGRAPHIC DATA; DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS; EDITORIAL BOARD; GATEKEEPERS; GENERAL PUBLICS; ONLINE SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL; POLICY MAKERS; SCHOLARLY COMMUNICATION; SCIENTOMETRICS;

COMMUNICATION; POPULATION STATISTICS; RESEARCH;

INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 84860617448     PISSN: 15322882     EISSN: 15322890     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/asi.22609     Document Type: Review

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