Alphabetization and the skewing of first authorship towards last names early in the alphabet

نویسندگان

  • Jonathan M. Levitt
  • Mike Thelwall
چکیده

Jonathan M. Levitt and Mike Thelwall a Department of Information Science, Loughborough University, Loughborough, LE11 3TU, UK and Statistical Cybermetrics Research Group, School of Technology, University of Wolverhampton, Wulfruna Street, Wolverhampton WV1 1LY, UK. b Statistical Cybermetrics Research Group, School of Technology, University of Wolverhampton, Wulfruna Street, Wolverhampton WV1 1LY, UK.*Corresponding author

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • J. Informetrics

دوره 7  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2013