Scientists’ referencing (mis)behavior revealed by the dissemination network of referencing errors

Scientometrics

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 1973-1986

  Liang, Liming ^a   Zhong, Zhen ^b   Rousseau, Ronald ^c,d  

^a HENAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HENAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Copying references; Dissemination network of referencing errors; Ethics in science; Referencing behavior

Indexed keywords

EID: 84896691429     PISSN: 01389130     EISSN: 15882861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11192-014-1275-x     Document Type: Article

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