A study of global and local visibility as web indicators of research production

Research Evaluation

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 157-168

  Martinez Torres M R ^a   Diaz Fernandez M C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

Author keywords

link analysis; research production; search engine optimization; visibility; web indicators

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879471184     PISSN: 09582029     EISSN: 14715449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/reseval/rvt003     Document Type: Article

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