A new author's productivity index: P-index

Scientometrics

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 415-427

  Assimakis, N ^a   Adam, M ^b  

^a TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE OF LAMIA   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL GREECE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Author rank; Co authorship; Metrics; Productivity

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956935916     PISSN: 01389130     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11192-010-0255-z     Document Type: Article

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