How is an academic social site populated? A demographic study of Google Scholar Citations population

Scientometrics

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 1-18

  Ortega, José Luis ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE HISTORIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Academic social networks; Google Scholar Citations; Web bibliometrics; Web demography

Indexed keywords

EID: 84930824321     PISSN: 01389130     EISSN: 15882861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11192-015-1593-7     Document Type: Article

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