Distribution of the h-index in radiation oncolgy conforms to a variation of power law: Implications for assessing academic productivity

Journal of Cancer Education

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 463-466

  Quigley, Matthew R ^a   Holliday, Emma B ^b   Fuller, Clifton D ^c,d   Choi, Mehee ^d   Thomas, Charles R ^d  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^d OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bibliometrics; Productivity; Radiation oncology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE; BIBLIOMETRICS; EDUCATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL SCHOOL; ONCOLOGY; STATISTICS; UNIVERSITY;

BIBLIOMETRICS; DATABASES, BIBLIOGRAPHIC; FACULTY, MEDICAL; HUMANS; RADIATION ONCOLOGY; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 84866730941     PISSN: 08858195     EISSN: 15430154     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13187-012-0363-y     Document Type: Conference Paper

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