Journal influence factors
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Journal influence factors
We performed a thorough comparison of four main indicators of journal influence, namely 2year impact factor, 5-year impact factor, eigenfactor and article influence. These indicators have been recently added by Thomson Reuters to the Journal Citation Reports, in both science and social science editions, and are thus available for study and comparison over a sample of significative size. We find...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Informetrics
سال: 2010
ISSN: 1751-1577
DOI: 10.1016/j.joi.2009.12.002