Asymptotics for the hirsch index

Scandinavian Journal of Statistics

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 355-364

  Beirlant, Jan ^a   Einmahl, John H J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Asymptotic normality; Citation counts; Extreme value theory; Hirsch index; Research output; Tail empirical process

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955760998     PISSN: 03036898     EISSN: 14679469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9469.2010.00694.x     Document Type: Article

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