A case study of the modified g index: Counting multi-author publications fractionally

Journal of Informetrics

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 636-643

  Schreiber, Michael ^a  

^a CHEMNITZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Citation analysis; G index; H index; Hirsch index

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956494585     PISSN: 17511577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joi.2010.07.003     Document Type: Article

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