Characterisation of academic journals in the digital age

Scientometrics

Volumn 110, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 1333-1350

  Gu, Xin ^a   Blackmore, Karen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Academic journal; Acceptance rate; Attributes; Impact factor; Journal age; Ranking

Indexed keywords

EID: 85008168519     PISSN: 01389130     EISSN: 15882861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11192-016-2219-4     Document Type: Article

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