Academic in-group bias: An empirical examination of the link between author and journal affiliation

Journal of Informetrics

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2018, Pages 74-86

  Reingewertz, Yaniv ^a   Lutmar, Carmela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

Author affiliation; Citation counts; In group bias; Journal affiliation

Indexed keywords

PAPER PRODUCTS;

ACADEMIC JOURNAL; AUTHOR AFFILIATION; CITATION COUNTS; EMPIRICAL EXAMINATION; INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS; INTERNATIONAL SECURITY; JOURNAL AFFILIATION; PUBLISHING PAPERS;

PAPERMAKING MACHINERY;

EID: 85036474869     PISSN: 17511577     EISSN: 18755879     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joi.2017.11.006     Document Type: Article

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