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- Authors
- Vanclay, J. K.
- Affiliations
- Southern Cross University (AU)
- Corresponding author
- Vanclay, Jerome K.
- ORCID
- Vanclay, Jerome K.
- Venue
- Journal of Informetrics
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2013-04
- Volume
- 7
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 265-271
- ISSN
- 1751-1577 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2133731705
- Cited by
- 134
- References
- 49
- Citations by year
- 2026: 5 · 2025: 5 · 2024: 14 · 2023: 8 · 2022: 10 · 2021: 9 · 2020: 29 · 2019: 11 · 2018: 12 · 2017: 9 · 2016: 8 · 2015: 4 · 2014: 7 · 2013: 2 · 2012: 1
- FWCI
- 7.72
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of Informetrics (publishedVersion)
- Cross Connect (Southern Cross University) (submittedVersion)
- RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty › scientometrics and bibliometrics research
- Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Information Systems › Web visibility and informetrics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Psychology Research and Bibliometrics
- Keywords
- citation counts, journal impact factor, article length, self-citation, h-index, open access journals
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