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The impact factor ranking—a challenge for scientists and publishers

✍ Scribed by Simon Rieder; Charlotte S. Bruse; Christoph W. Michalski; Jörg Kleeff; Helmut Friess

Publisher
Springer
Year
2010
Tongue
English
Weight
135 KB
Volume
395
Category
Article
ISSN
1435-2451

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