How to judge a book by its cover? How useful are bibliometric indices for the evaluation of " scientific quality" or " scientific productivity"?

Annals of Anatomy

Volumn 193, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 191-196

  Von Bohlen und Halbach, Oliver ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bibliometrics; Evaluation; H Index; M Index

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ANATOMY; ARTICLE; BIBLIOMETRICS; CITATION ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLOGY; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; HIRSCH INDEX; JOURNAL IMPACT FACTOR; PRODUCTIVITY; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PUBLICATION; QUALITY CONTROL; RELIABILITY; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; SCIENTIST;

EID: 79955774323     PISSN: 09409602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aanat.2011.03.011     Document Type: Article

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