An evaluation of forestry journals using bibliometric indices

Annals of Forest Research

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 147-164

  Malesios, C ^a   Arabatzis, G ^a  

^a DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Citation based metrics; Forestry; h index; Impact Factor (IF)

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870229495     PISSN: 18448135     EISSN: 20652445     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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