An index to measure a scientist's specific impact

Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 319-328

  De Visscher, Alex ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING MODELS; IMPACT INDEX; NEW INDICES;

BIOGRAPHIES;

EID: 76649099576     PISSN: 15322882     EISSN: 15322890     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/asi.21240     Document Type: Article

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