Journal Evaluation: Technical and Practical Issues,
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Summary
This essay provides an overview of journal evaluation indicators and highlights the strengths and weaknesses of different indicators, together with their range of applicability.
- Type
- article
- Published
- 2002-01-01
- Cited by
- 158
- References
- 42
- Access
- Open access
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Keywords
Impact factor, Ranking (information retrieval), Quality (philosophy), Citation, Computer science
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