The Complexity of Measuring the Impact of Books

Publishing Research Quarterly

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 187-200

  Halevi, Gali ^a   Nicolas, Barnaby ^a   Bar Ilan, Judit ^b  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Altmetrics; Books; Metrics; Scholarly impact

Indexed keywords

EID: 84980351616     PISSN: 10538801     EISSN: 19364792     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12109-016-9464-5     Document Type: Article

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