The propagation and dispersal of misinformation in ecology: Is there a relationship between citation accuracy and journal impact factor?

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 702, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-4

  Drake, D C ^a   Maritz, B ^a   Jacobs, S M ^b   Crous, C J ^b   Engelbrecht, A ^b   Etale, A ^a   Fourie, M J ^b   Furniss, D G ^a   Scott, S L ^a   Parusnath, S ^a   Tye, D R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; DISPERSAL; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; VEGETATIVE PROPAGATION;

EID: 84871529178     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-012-1392-6     Document Type: Article

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