Self-citation can inflate h-index

Scientometrics

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 373-375

  Zhivotovsky, Lev A ^a,b   Krutovsky, Konstantin V ^c  

^a VAVILOV INSTITUTE OF GENERAL GENETICS   (Russian Federation)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 55049108966     PISSN: 01389130     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11192-006-1716-2     Document Type: Letter

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