The R- and AR-indices: Complementing the h-index

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 855-863

  Jin, BiHui ^a   Liang, LiMing ^b,c   Rousseau, Ronald ^c,d,e   Egghe, Leo ^c,e  

^a CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^b HENAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^d Katholieke Hogeschool Brugge Oostende   (Belgium)

^e HASSELT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

A index; AR index; g index; h index; Performance evaluation; Power law; R index

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247355788     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11434-007-0145-9     Document Type: Article

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