Hirsch's index: A case study conducted at the Faculdade de Filosofia, Ciências e Letras de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo

Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research

Volumn 40, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1529-1536

  Torro Alves, Nelson ^a   Herculano, R D ^a   Tercariol C A S ^a,b   Filho, O Kinouchi ^a   Graeff, C F O ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b CENTRO UNIVERSITÁRIO BARÃO DE MAUÁ   (Brazil)

^c SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

H index; Science in Brazil; Scientometrics

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE; BIBLIOMETRICS; BRAZIL; CHEMISTRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION PROGRAM; HUMAN; PHYSICS; POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION; PSYCHOBIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; RESEARCH; UNIVERSITY; ZOOLOGY;

EID: 37349111068     PISSN: 0100879X     EISSN: 1414431X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0100-879X2007001100013     Document Type: Article

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