A case study of the Hirsch index for 26 non-prominent physicists

Annalen der Physik (Leipzig)

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 640-652

  Schreiber, Michael ^a  

^a CHEMNITZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Citation analysis; h index; Hirsch index; Self citations

Indexed keywords

HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT;

CITATION ANALYSIS; HIRSCH INDEX; SELF-CITATIONS;

PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS;

EID: 34848888040     PISSN: 00033804     EISSN: 15213889     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/andp.200710252     Document Type: Article

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