Probing the effect of author self-citations on h index: A case study of environmental engineering

Journal of Information Science

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 453-461

  Huang, Mu Hsuan ^a   Lin, Wen Yau Cathy ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TAMKANG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

author self citation; authorship; citation analysis; environmental engineering; h index

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE NUMBER; AUTHOR SELF-CITATION; AUTHORSHIP; CITATION ANALYSIS; H INDICES; HIGHLY-CORRELATED; RESEARCH PERFORMANCE; SIMILAR PATTERN;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

EID: 80054053874     PISSN: 01655515     EISSN: 17416485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0165551511412027     Document Type: Article

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