Do Article Influence scores overestimate the citation impact of social science journals in subfields that are related to higher-impact natural science disciplines?

Journal of Informetrics

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 421-430

  Walters, William H ^a  

^a Menlo College   (United States)

Author keywords

Bias; Eigenfactor; Interdisciplinary; Journal citation reports; Multidisciplinary; Web of science

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION; ECONOMICS;

BIAS; EIGENFACTOR; INTERDISCIPLINARY; JOURNAL CITATION REPORTS; MULTIDISCIPLINARY; WEB OF SCIENCE;

NATURAL SCIENCES;

EID: 84896779565     PISSN: 17511577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joi.2014.02.001     Document Type: Article

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