A thermodynamic explanation for the Glänzel-Schubert model for the h-index

Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 992-994

  Prathap, Gangan ^a  

^a CSIR NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE COMMUNICATION AND INFORMATION RESOURCES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEST FIT; H INDICES; RESEARCH EVALUATION; THEORETICAL MODELS; THERMODYNAMIC EXPLANATION;

INDEXING (OF INFORMATION);

EID: 79953847110     PISSN: 15322882     EISSN: 15322890     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/asi.21508     Document Type: Article

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