Assessing obliteration by incorporation: issues and caveats

Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology

Volumn 63, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 2129-2139

  McCain, Katherine W ^a  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

biology; citation analysis; obsolescence

Indexed keywords

CITATION ANALYSIS; DATABASE RECORDS; EMPIRICAL STUDIES; EVOLUTIONARILY STABLE STRATEGY; LIFE-SCIENCES; PHILADELPHIA; REUTERS; SEARCHING THE WEB; THOMSON;

BIOLOGY; DATABASE SYSTEMS; OBSOLESCENCE;

PUBLISHING;

EID: 84868196891     PISSN: 15322882     EISSN: 15322890     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/asi.22719     Document Type: Article

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