Opportunities for and limitations of the <scp>B</scp>ook <scp>C</scp>itation <scp>I</scp>ndex

Gorraiz, Juan; J. Purnell, Philip; Glänzel, Wolfgang

doi:10.1002/asi.22875

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Opportunities for and limitations of the Book Citation Index

Published in Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology • May 10, 2013

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Juan Gorraiz

Philip J. Purnell

Wolfgang Glänzel

Abstract

This article offers important background information about a new product, the B ook C itation I ndex ( BKCI ), launched in 2011 by T homson R euters. Information is illustrated by some new facts concerning T he BKCI 's use in bibliometrics, coverage analysis, and a series of idiosyncrasies worthy of...

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