Citation analysis as a tool in journal evaluation:​ journals can be ranked by frequency and impact of citations for science policy studies

Garfield, Eugene

Affiliations

¹Institute for Scientific Information, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19106

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DOI: 10.1126/science.178.4060.471

PubMed: 5079701

WoS: A1972N831000009

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