The π-index: A new indicator for assessing scientific impact

Journal of Information Science

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 602-612

  Vinkler, Peter ^a,b  

^a CHEMICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (Hungary)

^b NONE   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Evaluation of publications; Highly cited papers; Hirsch index; Scientometric indicators; Index

Indexed keywords

INDEXING (OF INFORMATION); PUBLISHING;

COMPARATIVE ASSESSMENT; EVALUATION OF PUBLICATIONS; HIGHLY-CITED PAPERS; HIRSCH INDEX; JOURNAL PAPER; SCIENTIFIC PROGRESS; SCIENTOMETRICS; SQUARE ROOTS;

PAPER;

EID: 70350067878     PISSN: 01655515     EISSN: 17416485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0165551509103601     Document Type: Article

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