Journal rankings: Comparing reputation, citation and acceptance rates

International Journal of Information Systems in the Service Sector

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 92-103

  Cahn, E Susanna ^a  

^a PACE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acceptance rate; Citation rate; Impact factor; Journal ranking

Indexed keywords

PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION; PRODUCTIVITY;

ACADEMIC DEPARTMENT; ACCEPTANCE RATE; CITATION ANALYSIS; IMPACT FACTOR; JOURNAL RANKINGS; QUANTITATIVE MEASURES; RESEARCH PRODUCTIVITY; RESEARCH QUALITY;

QUALITY CONTROL;

EID: 84928031498     PISSN: 19355688     EISSN: 19355696     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4018/ijisss.2014100106     Document Type: Article

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