Comparison of US and UK rankings of LIS journals

Aslib Journal of Information Management

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 354-367

  Taylor, Lynsey ^a   Willett, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Inter disciplinarity; Journal prestige; Journal ranking; LIS research; LIS teaching; Research Excellence Framework

Indexed keywords

SURVEYS; TEACHING;

DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH; INTER-DISCIPLINARITY; JOURNAL PRESTIGE; JOURNAL RANKINGS; LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SCIENCE; SAMPLE SIZES; SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; TEACHING AND RESEARCHES;

EDUCATION;

EID: 85020469675     PISSN: 20503806     EISSN: 20503814     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/AJIM-08-2016-0136     Document Type: Article

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