The pros and cons of computing the h-index using Scopus

Online Information Review

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 524-535

  Jacsó, Péter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Databases; Indexing; Information retrieval; Research

Indexed keywords

DATABASES; H-INDEX; INDEXING; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; RESEARCH;

WEBSITES;

EID: 50849124072     PISSN: 14684527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14684520810897403     Document Type: Article

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