The impact factor fetishism

Archives Europeennes de Sociologie

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 327-356

  Fleck, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Eugene Garfield; European sociology; Impact Factor; journals; Measurement; Scientometrics; Web of Science Social Science Citation Index

Indexed keywords

MANAGEMENT; MARKETING; MEASUREMENT METHOD;

EID: 84886540253     PISSN: 00039756     EISSN: 14740583     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0003975613000167     Document Type: Article

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