Finding the Easter eggs hidden by oneself: Why Radicchi and Castellano's (2012) fairness test for citation indicators is not fair

Journal of Informetrics

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 448-450

  Sirtes, Daniel ^a  

^a IFQ Institut für Forschungsinformation und Qualitätssicherung   (Germany)

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EID: 84859393297     PISSN: 17511577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joi.2012.01.008     Document Type: Letter

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