The evaluation of citation distributions

SERIEs

Volumn 3, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 291-310

  Ruiz Castillo, Javier ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CARLOS III DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Citation analysis; European paradox; Poverty measurement; Power law; Research performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855312562     PISSN: 18694187     EISSN: 18694195     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13209-011-0074-3     Document Type: Article

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