Nature and Science: A scientometric comparison based on citing articles

Prakasan, E. R. Nature and Science: A scientometric comparison based on citing articles., 2011 [Preprint]

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Nature and Science, two popular international multidisciplinary journals, have been compared based on the citations received to their articles in Science Citation Index (2000-2004). The cited articles are analysed towards the concentration of citations, type of citing articles; citing journals; co-citing quotient; and disciplinary citations.

Item type: Preprint
Keywords: Science journal, Nature Journal, scientometric analysis, citations
Subjects: B. Information use and sociology of information > BB. Bibliometric methods
B. Information use and sociology of information > BG. Information dissemination and diffusion.
Depositing user: E.R. Prakasan
Date deposited: 16 Aug 2011
Last modified: 02 Oct 2014 12:19
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10760/16025

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