Does a paper being featured on the cover of a journal guarantee more attention and greater impact?

Scientometrics

Volumn 102, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 1815-1821

  Wang, Xianwen ^a   Liu, Chen ^a   Mao, Wenli ^a  

^a DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Article usage; Article view; Citation; Cover image; Cover paper; Paper featured on cover

Indexed keywords

EID: 84921875771     PISSN: 01389130     EISSN: 15882861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11192-014-1456-7     Document Type: Article

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