A discussion of Prathap's h2-index for institutional evaluation with an application in the field of HIV infection and therapy

Journal of Informetrics

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 175-184

  Rousseau, Ronald ^a,b   Yang, Liying ^c   Yue, Ting ^c  

^a Katholieke Hogeschool Brugge Oostende   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Ecclesiastes hypothesis; h Index; HIV research; Institutional evaluation; Ortega hypothesis; Prathap's h indices; Ratio indicator; Stability

Indexed keywords

EID: 77949273321     PISSN: 17511577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joi.2009.11.007     Document Type: Article

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