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- Authors
- Bar-Ilan, J.
- Venue
- Scientometrics
- Published
- 1998-06
- Volume
- 42
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 207-228
- ISSN
- 0138-9130 (ISSN-L)
- 1588-2861
- OpenAlex
- W2072619760
- Cited by
- 47
- References
- 24
- Citations by year
- 2025: 1 · 2023: 1 · 2022: 1 · 2020: 3 · 2019: 3 · 2017: 1 · 2016: 1 · 2014: 1 · 2013: 1 · 2012: 4
- FWCI
- 10.23
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Licence
- www.springer.com/tdm (tdm)
- Locations
- Scientometrics (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Information Systems › Information Retrieval and Search Behavior
- Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Information Systems › Web visibility and informetrics
- Social Sciences › Library and Information Sciences › scientometrics and bibliometrics research
- Keywords
- search engine evaluation, search engines, precision, Paul Erdős, information retrieval
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