The b index as a measure of scientific excellence. A promising supplement to the h index

Cybermetrics

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Bornmann, Lutz ^a   Mutz, Rüdiger ^a   Daniel, Hans Dieter ^a,b  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

B index; H index; Scientific excellence

Indexed keywords

EID: 45949100983     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11375019     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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