Supporting Scholars: An Analysis of Academic Library Websites' Documentation on Metrics and Impact

Journal of Academic Librarianship

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 814-820

  Suiter, Amy M ^a   Moulaison, Heather Lea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Altmetrics; Bibliometrics; H Index; Journal Impact Factor; Journal metrics; Scholarly impact

Indexed keywords

EID: 84949111710     PISSN: 00991333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acalib.2015.09.004     Document Type: Article

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