The plausibility of computing the h-index of scholarly productivity and impact using reference-enhanced databases

Online Information Review

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 266-283

  Jacsó, Péter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Databases; Indexing

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; INDEXING (OF INFORMATION); WEB SERVICES;

MULTIDISCIPLINARY DATABASES; SCHOLARLY PRODUCTIVITY;

DATABASE SYSTEMS;

EID: 42549150085     PISSN: 14684527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14684520810879872     Document Type: Article

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