Citation behavior in popular scientific papers: What is behind obscure citations? The case of ethnobotany

Scientometrics

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 711-719

  Ramos, Marcelo Alves ^a   Melo, Joabe Gomes ^a   Albuquerque, Ulysses Paulino ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL RURAL DE PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Citation analysis; Scientific quality; Scientometrics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865469742     PISSN: 01389130     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11192-012-0662-4     Document Type: Article

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