A further step forward in measuring journals' scientific prestige: The SJR2 indicator

Journal of Informetrics

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 674-688

  Guerrero Bote, Vicente P ^a   Moya Anegón, Félix ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

^b CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Academic journals; Citation networks; Eigenvector centrality; Journal prestige; SJR2 indicator

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864509485     PISSN: 17511577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joi.2012.07.001     Document Type: Article

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