The steady growth of scientific publication and the declining coverage provided by science citation index

12th International Conference on Scientometrics and Informetrics, ISSI 2009

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 597-606

  Larsen, Peder Olesen ^a   Von Ins, Markus ^b  

^a Institute for Research Information and Quality Assurance ^*  (Denmark)

^b Institute for Research Information and Quality Assurance (IFQ)   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATABASE SYSTEMS; GROWTH RATE; INFORMATION SCIENCE; TECHNICAL WRITING;

COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERINGS; HIGH GROWTH RATE; OPEN ACCESS ARCHIVES; SCIENCE CITATION INDEX; SCIENCE INDICATORS; SCIENTIFIC FIELDS; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS;

PUBLISHING;

EID: 84891742821     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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