Alphabetization and the skewing of first authorship towards last names early in the alphabet
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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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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- J. Informetrics
دوره 7 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2013