Measuring scientific value of Indian journals beyond impact factor: A case with physics-chemistry-biology journals

Current Science

Volumn 114, Issue 8, 2018, Pages 1613-1623

  Mukherjee, Bhaskar ^a  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Scholarly journal publishing India; Scientific value Indian journals; Status of PCB journal India

Indexed keywords

EID: 85045833499     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18520/cs/v114/i08/1613-1623     Document Type: Article

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