Conjugate partitions in informetrics: Lorenz curves, h-type indices, Ferrers graphs and Durfee squares in a discrete and continuous setting

Journal of Informetrics

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 320-330

  Egghe, L ^a  

^a HASSELT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Conjugate partition; Durfee square; Ferrers graph; G index; H index; Informetrics; Lorenz curve; R index

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956460600     PISSN: 17511577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joi.2010.01.006     Document Type: Article

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