Criticism on the hg-index

Scientometrics

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 339-346

  Franceschini, Fiorenzo ^a   Maisano, Domenico ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bibliometrics; Composite indicator; g index; h index; hg index; Indicator composition; Ordinal scale; Scale granularity; Scales of measurement

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650979530     PISSN: 01389130     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11192-010-0261-1     Document Type: Article

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