Further clarifications about the success-index

Journal of Informetrics

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 669-673

  Franceschini, Fiorenzo ^a   Galetto, Maurizio ^a   Maisano, Domenico ^a   Mastrogiacomo, Luca ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Citation propensity; Field normalization; H Index; Success index

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864540043     PISSN: 17511577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joi.2012.07.005     Document Type: Article

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