Can the methods of science be directed toward science itself? How did it happen that scientists, scientific documents, and their bibliographic links came to be

Bibliometrics and Citation Analysis: From the Science Citation Index to Cybermetrics offers a comprehensive overview of theories, techniques, concepts, and appl

A comprehensive, state-of-the-art examination of the changing ways we measure scholarly performance and research impact.

A conceptual view of citation indexing; A historical view of citation indexing; The design and production of a citation index; The application of citation index

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