Google Scholar Metrics evolution: An analysis according to languages

Scientometrics

Volumn 98, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 2353-2367

  Orduña Malea, Enrique ^a   Delgado López Cózar, Emilio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bibliometric databases; Google Scholar; Google Scholar Metrics; h Index; Journal rankings; Scientific journals

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897572755     PISSN: 01389130     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11192-013-1164-8     Document Type: Article

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