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Toward a definition of “bibliometrics”

Broadus, R. N.·1987·Scientometrics
DOI 10.1007/bf02016680
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  1. The word does not appear in: R. W. BURCHFIELD (Ed.),A Supplement to the Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford, At the Clarendon Press, Vol. I, 1972.
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Authors
Broadus, R. N.
Venue
Scientometrics
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Published
1987-11
Volume
12
Issue
5-6
Pages
373-379
ISSN
  • 0138-9130 (ISSN-L)
  • 1588-2861
DOI
10.1007/bf02016680
OpenAlex
W2069134922
Cited by
1,646
References
13
FWCI
1.21
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
www.springer.com/tdm (tdm)

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