Implications of a Single Highly Cited Article on a Journal and Its Citation Indexes: A Tale of Two Journals

Accountability in Research

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 93-106

  Foo, Jong Yong Abdiel ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRONICS AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING   (Singapore)

Author keywords

bibliometric data; indexing; publication ethics; research integrity; research misconduct

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ETHICS; JOURNAL IMPACT FACTOR; PEER REVIEW; PUBLICATION; SCIENTIFIC MISCONDUCT; STATISTICS;

JOURNAL IMPACT FACTOR; PEER REVIEW, RESEARCH; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC; PUBLICATIONS; SCIENTIFIC MISCONDUCT;

EID: 84874486891     PISSN: 08989621     EISSN: 15455815     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08989621.2013.767124     Document Type: Article

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