On the time evolution of received citations, in different scientific fields: An empirical study

Journal of Informetrics

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 13-24

  Finardi, Ugo ^a,b  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chemistry; Management; Mean received citations; Medians of citations; Received citations trends; Scientific fields

Indexed keywords

CHEMISTRY; MANAGEMENT;

EMPIRICAL STUDIES; IMPACT FACTOR; MANAGEMENT JOURNALS; MEAN RECEIVED CITATIONS; MEDIANS OF CITATIONS; RECEIVED CITATIONS TRENDS; SCIENTIFIC FIELDS; TIME EVOLUTIONS;

COMPUTER APPLICATIONS;

EID: 84887359811     PISSN: 17511577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joi.2013.10.003     Document Type: Article

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