The citation-based indicator and combined impact indicator-New options for measuring impact

Journal of Informetrics

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 631-638

  Zhou, Ping ^a   Zhong, Yongfeng ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL INFORMATION OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

Citation based indicator (CBI); Combined impact indicator (CII); Integrated impact indicator (I3); Percentile ranks (PRs)

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864033425     PISSN: 17511577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joi.2012.05.004     Document Type: Article

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