Using citation counts in criminology as measures of intellectual influence: A comment on wright and soma, myself, and others

Journal of Crime and Justice

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 179-186

  Green, Gary S ^a  

^a MINOT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84966506406     PISSN: 0735648X     EISSN: 21589119     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0735648X.1997.9721589     Document Type: Article

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