A recursive field-normalized bibliometric performance indicator: An application to the field of library and information science

Scientometrics

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 301-314

  Waltman, Ludo ^a   Yan, Erjia ^b   van Eck, Nees Jan ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bibliometric indicator; Citation impact; Field normalization; Recursive indicator

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052631621     PISSN: 01389130     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11192-011-0449-z     Document Type: Article

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