An integrated approach for main path analysis: Development of the Hirsch index as an example

Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 528-542

  Liu, John S ^a   Lu, Louis Y Y ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b YUAN ZE UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CITATION NETWORKS; INTEGRATED APPROACH; PATH ANALYSIS; RESEARCH FIELDS;

INDEXING (OF INFORMATION); INTEGRATED CONTROL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STRESS INTENSITY FACTORS;

PUBLISHING;

EID: 84857641929     PISSN: 15322882     EISSN: 15322890     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/asi.21692     Document Type: Article

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