Measuring the impact of scholarly journals in the humanities field

Scientometrics

Volumn 106, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 253-261

  De Marchi, Mario ^a   Lorenzetti, Edoardo ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Editorial policies; Impact factor; Research evaluation; Scientific journals

Indexed keywords

EID: 84954392877     PISSN: 01389130     EISSN: 15882861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11192-015-1787-z     Document Type: Article

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