Changes in publication languages and citation practices and their effect on the scientific impact of Russian science (1993-2010)

Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology

Volumn 63, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1411-1419

  Kirchik, Olessia ^a   Gingras, Yves ^b   Larivière, Vincent ^c  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY HIGHER SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Russian Federation)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

bibliometrics

Indexed keywords

BIBLIOMETRICS; EFFICIENT STRATEGY; MATTHEW EFFECTS; SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITY; SCIENTIFIC COMMUNICATION; WEB OF SCIENCE;

PROFITABILITY; PUBLISHING; VISIBILITY;

TRANSLATION (LANGUAGES);

EID: 84862270420     PISSN: 15322882     EISSN: 15322890     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/asi.22642     Document Type: Review

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