Would it be possible to increase the Hirsch-index, π-index or CDS-index by increasing the number of publications or citations only by unity?

Journal of Informetrics

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 72-83

  Vinkler, Péter ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

Author keywords

CDS index; Citations; Hirsch index; Indicators; Self citations; Index

Indexed keywords

INDICATORS (INSTRUMENTS);

CDS-INDEX; CITATION DISTRIBUTION; CITATIONS; H INDICES; HIRSCH-INDEX; IMPACT INDICATORS; JOURNAL PAPER; SELF-CITATIONS;

PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS;

EID: 84867425243     PISSN: 17511577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joi.2012.08.001     Document Type: Article

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