On the growth of citations of publication output of individual authors

Journal of Informetrics

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 554-564

  Sangwal, K ^a  

^a LUBLIN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Citation rate; Citations; Exponential growth law; Power law; Progressive nucleation mechanism

Indexed keywords

EID: 80054042868     PISSN: 17511577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joi.2011.04.007     Document Type: Article

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