A geometric approach to the construction of scientific impact indices

Scientometrics

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 617-634

  Gagolewski, Marek ^a,b   Grzegorzewski, Przemysław ^a,b  

^a SYSTEMS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Poland)

^b WARSAW UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

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EID: 77956615872     PISSN: 01389130     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11192-008-2253-y     Document Type: Article

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