On the fairness of using relative indicators for comparing citation performance in different disciplines

Archivum Immunologiae et Therapiae Experimentalis

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 85-90

  Castellano, Claudio ^a   Radicchi, Filippo ^b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b ISI FOUNDATION   (Italy)

Author keywords

Citation analysis; Impact factor; Relative indicators; Universality

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CITATION ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PUBLICATION;

JOURNAL IMPACT FACTOR; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC; PUBLISHING;

EID: 64649104410     PISSN: 0004069X     EISSN: 16614917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00005-009-0014-0     Document Type: Article

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