The proposal of a broadening of perspective in evaluative bibliometrics by complementing the times cited with a cited reference analysis

Journal of Informetrics

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 84-88

  Bornmann, Lutz ^a   Marx, Werner ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR FESTKÖRPERFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Citation impact; Cited references; Journal impact factor; Normalized citation counts

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION SCIENCE;

CHEMICAL ABSTRACTS; CITATION IMPACT; CITED REFERENCES; FIELD CLASSIFICATION; IMPACT FACTOR; IS RESEARCHES; NORMALIZED CITATION COUNTS; RESEARCH TOPICS;

PUBLISHING;

EID: 84867448331     PISSN: 17511577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joi.2012.09.003     Document Type: Article

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