Grand Challenges in Measuring and Characterizing Scholarly Impact

Frontiers in Research Metrics and Analytics

Volumn 1, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Chen, Chaomei ^a  

^a Drexel University   (United States)

Author keywords

research assessment; scholarly communication; scholarly metrics; science and technology studies; scientometrics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84996628002     PISSN: None     EISSN: 25040537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/frma.2016.00004     Document Type: Note

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