New developments in the use of citation analysis in research evaluation

Archivum Immunologiae et Therapiae Experimentalis

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 13-18

  Moed, Henk F ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Citation analysis; Hirsch index; Impact factor

Indexed keywords

INDICATOR;

BIBLIOMETRICS; CITATION ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; PEER REVIEW; PERFORMANCE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TECHNOLOGY; BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE; DOCUMENTATION; EVALUATION; INFORMATION CENTER; PUBLICATION; SCIENCE; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

ABSTRACTING AND INDEXING AS TOPIC; BIBLIOMETRICS; DATABASES, BIBLIOGRAPHIC; EVALUATION STUDIES AS TOPIC; INFORMATION CENTERS; PEER REVIEW, RESEARCH; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC; SCIENCE;

EID: 63449112089     PISSN: 0004069X     EISSN: 16614917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00005-009-0001-5     Document Type: Review

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