What do engineering researchers cite? A citation analysis study of sixteen engineering journals

Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship

Volumn 75, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Young, Brian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

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EID: 84897933042     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10921206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.29173/istl1593     Document Type: Article

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