How honest is the h-index in measuring individual research output

Journal of Postgraduate Medicine

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 264-265

  Patro, B K ^a   Aggarwal, A K ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIBLIOMETRICS; H INDEX; LETTER; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PUBLICATION; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE;

BIBLIOMETRICS; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; HUMANS; INTERNAL MEDICINE; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 80054044908     PISSN: 00223859     EISSN: 09722823     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0022-3859.85233     Document Type: Letter

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