High- and low-impact citation measures: Empirical applications

Journal of Informetrics

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 122-145

  Albarrán, Pedro ^a   Ortuño, Ignacio ^a   Ruiz Castillo, Javier ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CARLOS III DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Citation distribution; Impact indicators; Research evaluation; Scientific ranking

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650524465     PISSN: 17511577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joi.2010.10.001     Document Type: Article

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