The calculation of the single publication h index and related performance measures: A web application based on google scholar data

Online Information Review

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 291-300

  Thor, Andreas ^a   Bornmann, Lutz ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Computer applications; Indexing; Publications; Search engines

Indexed keywords

GOOGLE SCHOLAR; H INDICES; INDEXING; M INDEX; NEW SERVICES; PERFORMANCE MEASURE; PUBLICATIONS; WEB APPLICATION;

COMPUTER APPLICATIONS; INDEXING (OF INFORMATION); INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; SEARCH ENGINES; WORLD WIDE WEB;

PUBLISHING;

EID: 79955696871     PISSN: 14684527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14684521111128050     Document Type: Article

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