A scientometric study of information systems conferences: Exploring ICIS, PACIS and ASAC

15th Americas Conference on Information Systems 2009, AMCIS 2009

Volumn 6, Issue , 2009, Pages 3586-3595

  Cocosila, Mihail ^a   Serenko, Alexander ^b   Turel, Ofir ^c  

^a ATHABASCA UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b LAKEHEAD UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

ASAC; Conferences; ICIS; Lotka's law; PACIS; Productivity; Scientometrics; Yule simon's law

Indexed keywords

ASAC; CONFERENCES; ICIS; LOTKA'S LAWS; PACIS; SCIENTOMETRICS; YULE-SIMON'S LAW;

PRODUCTIVITY;

INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 84870538978     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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