Properties of Hirsch-type indices: The case of library classification categories

Scientometrics

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 235-248

  Liu, Yuxian ^a,c   Rousseau, Ronald ^b,c,d  

^a TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Katholieke Hogeschool Brugge Oostende   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^d HASSELT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

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EID: 67349230321     PISSN: 01389130     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11192-009-0415-1     Document Type: Article

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