Detecting h-index manipulation through self-citation analysis

Scientometrics

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 85-98

  Bartneck, Christoph ^a   Kokkelmans, Servaas ^a  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

h Index; Manipulation; q Index; Self citation; Simulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952005828     PISSN: 01389130     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11192-010-0306-5     Document Type: Article

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