An examination of the possibilities that altmetric methods offer in the case of the humanities (RIP)

Proceedings of ISSI 2013 - 14th International Society of Scientometrics and Informetrics Conference

Volumn 1, Issue , 2013, Pages 720-727

  Hammarfelt, Björn ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

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Indexed keywords

BIBLIOMETRIC; BIBLIOMETRICS; DATA-SOURCES; OPEN ACCESS; SMALL SAMPLES;

EID: 84896825341     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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