A critical view of the h-index: Observations based on a practical application;Una visión crítica del índice h: Algunas consideraciones derivadas de su aplicación práctica

Profesional de la Informacion

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 427-432

  Costas, Rodrigo ^a,b,c   Bordons, María ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD CARLOS III DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c Centro de Ciencias Humanas y Sociales   (Spain)

^d Grupo de Investigación de Análisis Cuantitativo de Ciencia y Tecnología Acute   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bibliometric indicators; Citation analysis; H index; Research evaluation

Indexed keywords

EID: 36849070834     PISSN: 13866710     EISSN: 16992407     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3145/epi.2007.sep.04     Document Type: Article

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