Coercive journal self citations, impact factor, Journal Influence and Article Influence

Mathematics and Computers in Simulation

Volumn 93, Issue , 2013, Pages 190-197

  Chang, Chia Lin ^a   McAleer, Michael ^b,c,d,e   Oxley, Les ^f  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b Erasmus University Rotterdam   (Netherlands)

^c TINBERGEN INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^e KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

5 Year Impact Factor (5YIF); Article Influence; Eigenfactor; Journal Influence; Total Citations

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH;

ARTICLE INFLUENCE; EIGENFACTOR; IMPACT FACTOR; JOURNAL INFLUENCE; TOTAL CITATIONS;

SOCIAL SCIENCES;

EID: 85027948389     PISSN: 03784754     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matcom.2013.04.006     Document Type: Article

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