The pros and cons of Microsoft Academic Search from a bibliometric perspective

Online Information Review

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 983-997

  Jacsó, Péter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Bibliographic systems; Open access; Search engines; Usage statistics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993073928     PISSN: 14684527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14684521111210788     Document Type: Review

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