Mapping citation patterns of book chapters in the Book Citation Index

Journal of Informetrics

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 412-424

  Torres Salinas, Daniel ^a   Rodríguez Sánchez, Rosa ^b   Robinson García, Nicolás ^b   Fdez Valdivia, J ^b   Garcia J A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Academic publishers; Book chapters; Book Citation Index; Citation analysis; Databases; Information gain; Lotkaian distribution

Indexed keywords

DATABASE SYSTEMS; GRAPHIC METHODS;

ACADEMIC PUBLISHERS; BOOK CHAPTERS; CITATION ANALYSIS; CITATION INDEX; INFORMATION GAIN; LOTKAIAN DISTRIBUTION;

EDUCATION;

EID: 84874419320     PISSN: 17511577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joi.2013.01.004     Document Type: Article

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