Differences in citation impact across countries

Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 512-525

  Albarrán, Pedro ^a   Perianes Rodríguez, Antonio ^b   Ruiz Castillo, Javier ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD CARLOS III DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

bibliometrics; citation analysis

Indexed keywords

BIBLIOMETRICS; CITATION ANALYSIS; CITATION DISTRIBUTION; CITATION IMPACT; GEOGRAPHICAL AREA; INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON; LARGE DATASETS; SCIENTIFIC FIELDS;

INFORMATION ANALYSIS;

EID: 84942508646     PISSN: 23301635     EISSN: 23301643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/asi.23219     Document Type: Article

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