The functional relation between the impact factor and the uncitedness factor revisited

Journal of Informetrics

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 183-189

  Egghe, L ^a,b  

^a HASSELT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Distribution dependent law; Impact factor; Parameter dependent law; Uncitedness factor; Universal informetric law

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870663149     PISSN: 17511577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joi.2012.10.007     Document Type: Article

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