A probe into the citation patterns of high-quality and high-impact publications

Malaysian Journal of Library and Information Science

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 17-33

  Li, Jiang ^a   Ye, Fred Y ^b  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Citation analysis; Citation curve; Citation pattern; Obsolescence; Sleeping beauty

Indexed keywords

EID: 84907584783     PISSN: 13946234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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