The h-bubble

Journal of Informetrics

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 294-300

  Rousseau, Ronald ^a,b,c   García Zorita, Carlos ^d   Sanz Casado, Elias ^d  

^a Katholieke Hogeschool Brugge Oostende   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSIDAD CARLOS III DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

H Index; Hypes; Information science journals and researchers; Over citation

Indexed keywords

INDEXING (OF INFORMATION);

H INDICES; HUMAN BEHAVIORS; HYPES; OVER-CITATION; SCIENTIFIC RESEARCHES; STOCK MARKET;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH;

EID: 84872227843     PISSN: 17511577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joi.2012.11.012     Document Type: Article

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