Relative measure index: A metric to measure the quality of journals

Scientometrics

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 305-317

  Raj, R G ^a   Zainab, A N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Bibliometrics; Journal impact; Journal quality measure; Relative measurement index

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867997849     PISSN: 01389130     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11192-012-0675-z     Document Type: Article

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