The quality-quantity-quasity and energy-exergy-entropy exegesis of expected value calculation of citation performance

Scientometrics

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 269-275

  Prathap, Gangan ^a  

^a CSIR NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE COMMUNICATION AND INFORMATION RESOURCES   (India)

Author keywords

Bibliometrics; Citation Performance; Crown Indicator; Energy; Entropy; Exergy; Expected Value; Normalization; Performance Indicators; Quality; Quantity; Quasity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857853121     PISSN: 01389130     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11192-011-0516-5     Document Type: Article

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