Characteristic scores and scales in a Lotkaian framework

Scientometrics

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 455-462

  Egghe, L ^a  

^a HASSELT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Average; Characteristic scores and scales; CSS; Lotka; Median

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952287109     PISSN: 01389130     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11192-009-0009-y     Document Type: Article

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