A critical assessment of the h-index

BioEssays

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 830-832

  Gaster, Natascha ^a   Gaster, Michael ^a  

^a ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

h index; Indicator; Metric; Performance; Personal

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIBLIOMETRICS; HIRSCH INDEX; HUMAN; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM; SCIENTIST; TASK PERFORMANCE;

AUTHORSHIP; EFFICIENCY; EVALUATION STUDIES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; PEER REVIEW, RESEARCH; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC; RESEARCH PERSONNEL; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 84866280090     PISSN: 02659247     EISSN: 15211878     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bies.201200036     Document Type: Article

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