Positioning research and innovation performance using shape centroids of h-core and h-tail

Journal of Informetrics

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 515-528

  Kuan, Chung Huei ^a   Huang, Mu Hsuan ^a   Chen, Dar Zen ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Bibliometrics; H Core; H Tail; Patentometrics; Rank citation curve; Shape centroid

Indexed keywords

EID: 80054046055     PISSN: 17511577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joi.2011.04.003     Document Type: Article

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