Distributive h-indices for measuring multilevel impact

Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology

Volumn 63, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 2074-2086

  Zhao, Star X ^a   Tan, Alice M ^a   Ye, Fred Y ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

citation analysis

Indexed keywords

CITATION ANALYSIS; EUROPEAN COUNTRIES; H INDICES; LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SCIENCE; POTENTIAL TOOL; POWER LAW RELATION; SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH;

INFORMATION ANALYSIS;

IMPACT STRENGTH;

EID: 84866522198     PISSN: 15322882     EISSN: 15322890     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/asi.22682     Document Type: Article

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