Citation impact prediction for scientific papers using stepwise regression analysis

Scientometrics

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 1233-1252

  Yu, Tian ^a   Yu, Guang ^a   Li, Peng Yu ^a   Wang, Liang ^a  

^a HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Citation impact prediction; Feature space; Multiple regression; Scientific paper

Indexed keywords

EID: 84896690685     PISSN: 01389130     EISSN: 15882861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11192-014-1279-6     Document Type: Article

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