Eminence of scientists in the light of the h-index and other scientometric indicators

Journal of Information Science

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 481-491

  Vinkler, Peter ^a,b  

^a CHEMICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (Hungary)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Bibliometric indicators; Eminence of scientists; Hirsch index; Quality of information

Indexed keywords

BIBLIOGRAPHIC RETRIEVAL SYSTEMS; ELECTRONIC PUBLISHING; INDEXING (OF INFORMATION);

BIBLIOMETRIC INDICATORS; EMINENCE OF SCIENTISTS; HIRSCH INDEX;

INFORMATION SCIENCE;

EID: 34547431724     PISSN: 01655515     EISSN: 17416485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0165551506072165     Document Type: Article

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