Scholarly productivity of Arab librarians in Library and Information Science journals from 1981 to 2010: An analytical study

IFLA Journal

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 70-79

  Zakaria, Mahmoud Sherif ^a  

^a AIN SHAMS UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Arab librarians; librarianship; Library and Information Science journals; scholarly communication; scholarly productivity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84924918875     PISSN: 03400352     EISSN: 17452651     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0340035215570556     Document Type: Article

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