Using the h-index to rank influential British researchers in information science and librarianship

Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 297-301

  Oppenheim, Charles ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIBLIOGRAPHIC RETRIEVAL SYSTEMS; COMPUTER AIDED SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; DIGITAL LIBRARIES; INFORMATION SCIENCE;

LIBRARIANSHIP DEPARTMENTS; SELF-CITATIONS;

INDEXING (OF INFORMATION);

EID: 33846396395     PISSN: 15322882     EISSN: 15322890     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/asi.20460     Document Type: Article

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