A relation between h-index and impact factor in the power-law model

Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology

Volumn 60, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 2362-2365

  Egghe, Leo ^a   Liang, Liming ^b,c   Rousseau, Ronald ^d,e  

^a HASSELT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b HENAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^d Katholieke Hogeschool Brugge Oostende   (Belgium)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CITATION ANALYSIS; IMPACT FACTOR; POWER LAW MODEL;

EID: 70349895489     PISSN: 15322882     EISSN: 15322890     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/asi.21144     Document Type: Article

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