A sensitivity analysis of research institutions' productivity rankings to the time of citation observation

Journal of Informetrics

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 298-306

  Abramo, Giovanni ^a,b   Cicero, Tindaro ^b   D'Angelo, Ciriaco Andrea ^b  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bibliometrics; Citation window; Productivity; Rankings; Research evaluation; Universities

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856988586     PISSN: 17511577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joi.2011.11.005     Document Type: Article

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