Growth in the number of references in engineering journal papers during the 1972-2013 period

Scientometrics

Volumn 98, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 1855-1864

  Ucar, Iñaki ^a   López Fernandino, Felipe ^a   Rodriguez Ulibarri, Pablo ^a   Sesma Sanchez, Laura ^a   Urrea Micó, Veronica ^a   Sevilla, Joaquín ^a  

^a PUBLIC UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Citation density; Citing behaviour; Engineering; Number of references; Reference analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897576341     PISSN: 01389130     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11192-013-1113-6     Document Type: Article

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