How relevant is the predictive power of the h-index? A case study of the time-dependent Hirsch index

Journal of Informetrics

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 325-329

  Schreiber, Michael ^a  

^a CHEMNITZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Citation analysis; Evaluation; H index; Hirsch index

Indexed keywords

CITATION ANALYSIS; EMPIRICAL STUDIES; EVALUATION; H INDICES; HIRSCH INDEX; PREDICTIVE POWER; SCIENTIFIC OUTPUT; TIME-DEPENDENT;

INDEXING (OF INFORMATION);

EID: 84873177903     PISSN: 17511577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joi.2013.01.001     Document Type: Article

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