Growth of the number of indexed journals of Latin America and the Caribbean: The effect on the impact of each country

Scientometrics

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 197-209

  Collazo Reyes, Francisco ^a  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Latin American journals; Local journals in WoS; Mainstream local journals; Production and impact

Indexed keywords

EID: 84891739468     PISSN: 01389130     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11192-013-1036-2     Document Type: Article

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