Quantitative deconstruction of citation impact indicators: Waxing field impact but waning journal impact

Journal of Documentation

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 658-672

  Nederhof, A J ^a   Visser, M S ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Serials; Statistical analysis; User studies

Indexed keywords

EID: 8644265212     PISSN: 00220418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00220410410568142     Document Type: Review

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