Partition-based Field Normalization: An approach to highly specialized publication records

Journal of Informetrics

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-10

  Rons, Nadine ^a  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Bibliometric indicators; Field normalization; Field partition; Individual research performance; Partition based Field Normalization

Indexed keywords

EID: 80055019090     PISSN: 17511577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joi.2011.09.008     Document Type: Article

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