[Irtalk] The diverse world of citation indexing services - which one to use
Smith, Ina <ismith@sun.ac.za>
ismith at sun.ac.za
Wed Jul 23 09:57:53 SAST 2014
http://blogs.biomedcentral.com/bmcblog/2014/07/21/the-diverse-world-of-citation-indexing-services/
When assessing the impact of a published research article, it might seem logical to look at the Impact Factor of the journal that you find it in. But as journals and scholars have moved online, and citation indexing has been automated, the wealth of information for citation discovery and analysis has vastly increased.
Ina Smith
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