Journal Rankings in Sociology: Using the H Index with Google Scholar

American Sociologist

Volumn 47, Issue 2-3, 2016, Pages 192-224

  Jacobs, Jerry A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Citations; Google scholar; H index; Journal rankings; Sociology journals

Indexed keywords

EID: 84944691581     PISSN: 00031232     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12108-015-9292-7     Document Type: Article

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