The power law model and total career h-index sequences

Journal of Informetrics

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 288-297

  Ye, Fred Y ^a,b   Rousseau, Ronald ^c,d  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL INFORMATION OF CHINA   (China)

^c Katholieke Hogeschool Brugge Oostende   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Data fitting; h Index sequences; Power law models

Indexed keywords

EID: 55549109357     PISSN: 17511577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joi.2008.09.002     Document Type: Article

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