Citation behavior: A large-scale test of the persuasion by name-dropping hypothesis

Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology

Volumn 68, Issue 5, 2017, Pages 1278-1284

  Frandsen, Tove Faber ^a   Nicolaisen, Jeppe ^b  

^a ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIBLIOMETRICS; LARGE SCALE TESTS;

HEALTH CARE;

PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; PUBLICATION;

EID: 85017570008     PISSN: 23301635     EISSN: 23301643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/asi.23746     Document Type: Article

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