Majority of scientific papers are currently available online. This article, by Dr. Lokman I. Meho, provides a historical background of citation analysis, impact factor, new citation data sources (e.g., Google Scholar, Scopus, NASA's Astrophysics Data System Abstract Service, MathSciNet, ScienceDirect, SciFinder Scholar, Scitation/SPIN, and SPIRES-HEP), as well as h-index, g-index, and a-index. According to the author, publishing a journal article is only the first step in disseminating or communicating one’s work, the Web provides several methods and tools to publicise its scholarly worth. Dr. Meho is Assistant Professor at School of Library and Information Science, Indiana University.
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