Central indexes to the citation distribution: A complement to the h-index

Scientometrics

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 729-745

  Dorta González, Pablo ^a   Dorta González, María Isabel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bibliometric indexes; Citation analysis; h index; Research career evaluation

Indexed keywords

EID: 80051475330     PISSN: 01389130     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11192-011-0453-3     Document Type: Article

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