Exploratory factor analysis for the Hirsch index, 17 h-type variants, and some traditional bibliometric indicators

Journal of Informetrics

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 347-358

  Schreiber, M ^a   Malesios, C C ^b   Psarakis, S ^b  

^a CHEMNITZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b ATHENS UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Citation metrics; Exploratory factor analysis; G Index; H Index

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860538138     PISSN: 17511577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joi.2012.02.001     Document Type: Article

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