Basic properties of both percentile rank scores and the I3 indicator

Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 416-420

  Rousseau, Ronald ^a,b,c  

^a Katholieke Hogeschool Brugge Oostende   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSOLUTE PERFORMANCE; BASIC PROPERTIES; IMPACT INDICATORS; RANK SCORES; RELATIVE PERFORMANCE; RESEARCH EVALUATION;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE;

SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

EID: 84857372737     PISSN: 15322882     EISSN: 15322890     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/asi.21684     Document Type: Article

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