Titles in English-medium Astrophysics research articles

Scientometrics

Volumn 98, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 2331-2351

  Méndez, David I ^a   Angeles Alcaraz M ^a   Salager Meyer, Françoise ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Astrophysics; Diachronic; English; Research articles; Titles

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897575940     PISSN: 01389130     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11192-013-1174-6     Document Type: Article

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