An axiomatic analysis of Egghe's g-index

Journal of Informetrics

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 364-368

  Woeginger, Gerhard J ^a  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Axiomatization; Citation analysis; Scientific impact measures

Indexed keywords

EID: 55549145087     PISSN: 17511577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joi.2008.05.002     Document Type: Article

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