The carbon_h-factor: Predicting individuals' research impact at early stages of their career

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 2011, Pages

  Carbon, Claus Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; CARBON H FACTOR; CAREER MOBILITY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; JOURNAL IMPACT FACTOR; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT; BIBLIOMETRICS; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; PERSONNEL; RESEARCH; STANDARD;

AGE FACTORS; BIBLIOMETRICS; CAREER CHOICE; HUMANS; RESEARCH; RESEARCH PERSONNEL;

EID: 83355168627     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0028770     Document Type: Article

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