Does Success Breed Success? A Study on the Correlation between Impact Factor and Quantity in Chinese Academic Journals
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Language: English
Page range: 90 - 110
Submitted on: Nov 25, 2020
Accepted on: Jul 23, 2021
Published on: Aug 18, 2021
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