Correlation between Journal Self-citation and Impact Factor in ISC's PJCR Agriculture and Veterinary Science Journals during 2001-2007

International Journal of Information Science and Management

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 75-87

  Mehrad, J ^a   Goltaji, M ^b  

^a Center for Science and Technology   (Iran)

^b Islamic World Science Citation Center   (Iran)

Author keywords

Impact factor; Islamic World Science Citation Center (ISC); Persian journal citation reports (pjcr); Self citation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864286711     PISSN: 20088302     EISSN: 20088310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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