Journal impact factor: "the poor man's citation analysis" and alternative approaches

European Science Editing

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 62-63

  Marx, Werner ^a   Bornmann, Lutz ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR FESTKÖRPERFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alternative metrics; Bibliometrics; Research evaluation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886239448     PISSN: 02583127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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