How are new citation-based journal indicators adding to the Bibliometric toolbox?

12th International Conference on Scientometrics and Informetrics, ISSI 2009

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 108-119

  Leydesdorff, Loet ^a  

^a Amsterdam School of Communications Research   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

CENTRALITY MEASURES; CITATION NETWORKS; GOOGLE SCHOLAR; HIGHLY-CORRELATED; IMPACT FACTOR; JOURNAL RANKINGS; NEW DIMENSIONS; TWO-DIMENSION;

INFORMATION SCIENCE;

EID: 84902002884     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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