Relationship of the h-index, g-index, and e-index

Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 625-628

  Zhang, Chun Ting ^a  

^a TIANJIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL METHOD; CITATION INFORMATION; POWER LAW; POWER PARAMETERS;

INDEXING (OF INFORMATION);

TECHNICAL WRITING;

EID: 76649145412     PISSN: 15322882     EISSN: 15322890     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/asi.21274     Document Type: Article

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