Impact factor: Imperfect but not yet replaceable

Scientometrics

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 255-257

  Brody, Stuart ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Citation analysis; Impact factor; Peer review

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879136815     PISSN: 01389130     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11192-012-0863-x     Document Type: Letter

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