The h index - Help or hype?

Chimia

Volumn 63, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 66-68

  Meyer, Veronika R ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Bibliometry; h index; Hirsch index; Index inflation

Indexed keywords

EID: 62349111308     PISSN: 00094293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2533/chimia.2009.66     Document Type: Article

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