Three-feature model to reproduce the topology of citation networks and the effects from authors' visibility on their h-index

Journal of Informetrics

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 427-434

  Amancio, Diego Raphael ^a   Oliveira, Osvaldo Novais ^a   da Fontoura Costa, Luciano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Citation networks; Complex networks; H Index; Network model; Scientometry

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859414792     PISSN: 17511577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joi.2012.02.005     Document Type: Article

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