Research importance in the information systems field: Acitation analysis

ICIS 2007 Proceedings - Twenty Eighth International Conference on Information Systems

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages

  Loebbecke, Claudia ^a,b   Berthod, Olivier ^a   Huyskens, Claudio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b BENTLEY COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Citation analysis; IS research; Practical relevance; Research importance

Indexed keywords

CITATION ANALYSIS; PRACTICAL RELEVANCE;

INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

RESEARCH;

EID: 84870966495     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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