On the Periphery of the European Social Sciences A Scientometric Analysis of Publication Performance, Excellence, and Internal Bias in Social Sciences in the Visegrad Countries /

This study examines the publication performance of the Czech Republic, Poland, Hungary, and Slovakia across 24 social science disciplines indexed by Scopus from 2019 to 2023. Using data from Scopus, SciVal, and Scimago, we analyzed regional journal statuses, disciplinary backlogs, journal biases, an...

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Main Authors: Sasvári Péter László
Lendvai Gergely Ferenc
Format: Article
Published: 2024
Series:SOCIAL SCIENCES (BASEL) 13 No. 10
mtmt:35451314
Online Access:https://publikacio.ppke.hu/1352

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