Sub-field normalization in the multiplicative case: High- and low-impact citation indicators

Research Evaluation

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 113-125

  Herranz, Neus ^a   Ruiz Castillo, Javier ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD CARLOS III DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c CEPR Project SCIFI GLOW   (Spain)

Author keywords

Citation analysis; High and low impact indicators; Multiplicative approach; Subfield normalization; US EU scientific gap

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865557478     PISSN: 09582029     EISSN: 14715449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/reseval/rvs006     Document Type: Article

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