The citation speed index: A useful bibliometric indicator to add to the h index

Journal of Informetrics

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 444-446

  Bornmann, Lutz ^a   Daniel, Hans Dieter ^a,b  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Citation speed; Citation speed index; H index

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957801182     PISSN: 17511577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joi.2010.03.007     Document Type: Article

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