Visibility and citation impact

International Education Studies

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 120-125

  Ebrahim, Nader Ale ^a   Salehi, Hadi ^b   Embi, Mohamed Amin ^c   Tanha, Farid Habibi ^d   Gholizadeh, Hossein ^a   Motahar, Seyed Mohammad ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^b ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^c UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^d University of Economic Sciences   (Iran)

Author keywords

Bibliometrics; H index; Improve citations; Increase citations; Increase research impact; Maximized research visibility; Publication marketing; Research tools

Indexed keywords

EID: 84907180196     PISSN: 19139020     EISSN: 19139039     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5539/ies.v7n4p120     Document Type: Article

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