The power of book reviews: A simple and transparent enhancement approach for book citation indexes

Scientometrics

Volumn 98, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 841-852

  Gorraiz, Juan ^a   Gumpenberger, Christian ^a   Purnell, Philip J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b THOMSON REUTERS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Book citation index; Book reviews; Books; Citation analysis; Monographs

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892862909     PISSN: 01389130     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11192-013-1176-4     Document Type: Article

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