Citation measures at the micro level: Influence of publication age, field, and uncitedness

Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology

Volumn 63, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1459-1465

  Amez, Lucy ^a  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

bibliometrics

Indexed keywords

BIBLIOMETRICS; DATA SETS; MICRO LEVEL;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

PUBLISHING;

EID: 84862289796     PISSN: 15322882     EISSN: 15322890     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/asi.22687     Document Type: Article

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