Usage versus citation behaviours in four subject areas

Scientometrics

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 1077-1095

  Gorraiz, Juan ^a   Gumpenberger, Christian ^a   Schlögl, Christian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Articles in press; Citation metrics; Citations; Disciplinary differences; Downloads; Impact factor; Usage factor; Usage metrics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84896060015     PISSN: 01389130     EISSN: 15882861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11192-014-1271-1     Document Type: Article

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