Categorizing h-index variants

Research Evaluation

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 397-409

  Schreiber, M ^a   Malesios, C C ^b   Psarakis, S ^b  

^a CHEMNITZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b ATHENS UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Greece)

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EID: 84555197554     PISSN: 09582029     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3152/095820211X13176484436131     Document Type: Article

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