Does high impact factor successfully predict future citations? An analysis using Peirce’s measure

Scientometrics

Volumn 108, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 1043-1047

  Prathap, Gangan ^a   Mini, S ^a   Nishy, P ^a  

^a REGIONAL RESEARCH LABORATORY CSIR   (India)

Author keywords

Bibliometrics; Citations; Impact factor; Peirce s measure; Performance analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84976262124     PISSN: 01389130     EISSN: 15882861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11192-016-2034-y     Document Type: Article

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