Research data explored: an extended analysis of citations and altmetrics

Scientometrics

Volumn 107, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 723-744

  Peters, Isabella ^a,b   Kraker, Peter ^c   Lex, Elisabeth ^d   Gumpenberger, Christian ^e   Gorraiz, Juan ^e  

^a Leibniz Informationszentrum Wirtschaft   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^c KNOW CENTER   (Austria)

^d GRAZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^e UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Altmetrics; Citation analysis; Citedness; Co citation analysis; Data Citation Index; Research data

Indexed keywords

EID: 84958237265     PISSN: 01389130     EISSN: 15882861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11192-016-1887-4     Document Type: Article

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