A simple method for excluding self-citation from the h-index: The b-index

Online Information Review

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1129-1136

  Brown, Richard J C ^a  

^a NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Peer review; Publications; Referencing; Serials

Indexed keywords

B-INDEX; BIBLIOMETRICS; DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH; INDEX VALUES; INTEGER VALUES; MATHEMATICAL EXPRESSIONS; NEW INDICES; NOVEL METHODS; PEER-REVIEW; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; SIMPLE METHOD;

INDEXING (OF INFORMATION); PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; PUBLISHING;

TECHNICAL WRITING;

EID: 73149095137     PISSN: 14684527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14684520911011043     Document Type: Article

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