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  1. Information Science and Scientometrics Research Unit (ISSUR), Institute of Research Policy Studies, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary

    Tibor Braun, Ildikó Dióspatonyi & Erika Zádor

  2. Department of Analytical Chemistry, Institute of Chemistry, Loránd Eötvös University, P. O. Box 123, H-1443, Budapest, Hungary

    Tibor Braun & Sándor Zsindely

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Braun, T., Dióspatonyi, I., Zsindely, S. et al. Gatekeeper index versus impact factor of science journals. Scientometrics 71, 541–543 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-007-1844-3

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