Comparing journals from different fields of science and social science through a JCR subject categories normalized impact factor

Scientometrics

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 645-672

  Dorta Gonzalez P ^a   Dorta Gonzalez M I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Citation; Impact factor; JCR subject categories; Journal evaluation; Source normalized indicator

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876090990     PISSN: 01389130     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11192-012-0929-9     Document Type: Article

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