The invalidity of the Impact Factor as indicator of the impact of Latin American scientific journals;La invalidez del Factor de Impacto como indicador del impacto de las revistas científicas latinoamericanas

Revista de Biologia Tropical

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 9-13

  Monge Nájera, Julián ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD ESTATAL A DISTANCIA   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

BINABITROP; Impact Factor; Latin American science; Scientific citation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIBLIOMETRICS; EVALUATION STUDY; HUMAN; JOURNAL IMPACT FACTOR; PUBLICATION; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; STATISTICS;

BIBLIOMETRICS; HUMANS; JOURNAL IMPACT FACTOR; LATIN AMERICA; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84901044562     PISSN: 00347744     EISSN: 22152075     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15517/rbt.v62i1.13540     Document Type: Article

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