The effect of additional citations in the stability of Journal Citation Report categories

Scientometrics

Volumn 98, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 1113-1130

  Campanario, Juan Miguel ^a   Cabos, William ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

Author keywords

Citations; Journal citation report; Journal impact factor; Journal rankings

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892850834     PISSN: 01389130     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11192-013-1116-3     Document Type: Article

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