Evaluating the productivity of social work scholars using the h-index

Research on Social Work Practice

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 599-607

  Lacasse, Jeffrey R ^a   Hodge, David R ^a   Bean, Kristen F ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

bibliometrics; evidence based practice; quantitative

Indexed keywords

EID: 79961154076     PISSN: 10497315     EISSN: 15527581     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049731511405069     Document Type: Article

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