A robust benchmark for the h- and g-indexes

Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1275-1280

  Abramo, Giovanni ^a   D'Angelo, Ciriaco Andrea ^a   Viel, Fulvio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS; CRITICAL ISSUES; DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS; HARD SCIENCE; INDIVIDUAL PERFORMANCE; RESEARCH PERFORMANCE; UNIVERSITY RESEARCHERS;

RESEARCH;

EID: 77952993962     PISSN: 15322882     EISSN: 15322890     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/asi.21330     Document Type: Article

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