Do lead articles signal higher quality in the digital age? Evidence from finance journals

Scientometrics

Volumn 98, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 961-973

  Michayluk, David ^a   Zurbruegg, Ralf ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Citations; Google Scholar; Lead article

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892888870     PISSN: 01389130     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11192-013-1115-4     Document Type: Article

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