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The impact factor rank-order distribution revisited

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  • L. Egghe

    (Universiteit Hasselt (Uhasselt)
    Universiteit Antwerpen (UA))

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  • L. Egghe, 2011. "The impact factor rank-order distribution revisited," Scientometrics, Springer;Akadémiai Kiadó, vol. 87(3), pages 683-685, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:scient:v:87:y:2011:i:3:d:10.1007_s11192-011-0338-5
    DOI: 10.1007/s11192-011-0338-5
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    1. Vicente P. Guerrero-Bote & Felipe Zapico-Alonso & María Eugenia Espinosa-Calvo & Rocío Gómez-Crisóstomo & Félix Moya-Anegón, 2007. "Import-export of knowledge between scientific subject categories: The iceberg hypothesis," Scientometrics, Springer;Akadémiai Kiadó, vol. 71(3), pages 423-441, June.
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    4. Bárbara S. Lancho-Barrantes & Vicente P. Guerrero-Bote & Félix Moya-Anegón, 2010. "The iceberg hypothesis revisited," Scientometrics, Springer;Akadémiai Kiadó, vol. 85(2), pages 443-461, November.
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    7. Juan Miguel Campanario, 2010. "Self-citations that contribute to the journal impact factor: An investment-benefit-yield analysis," Journal of the Association for Information Science & Technology, Association for Information Science & Technology, vol. 61(12), pages 2575-2580, December.
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