Ratios of h-cores, h-tails and uncited sources in sets of scientific papers and technical patents

Journal of Informetrics

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 190-197

  Liu, Joan Q ^a   Rousseau, Ronald ^b,c,d   Wang, Mona S ^a   Ye, Fred Y ^e  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Katholieke Hogeschool Brugge Oostende   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^e NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

H Core; H Index; H Ratio; H Tail; Scientific papers; Shifted Lotka distribution; Technical patents; Three part division; Uncitedness

Indexed keywords

PAPER; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS;

H INDICES; H-CORE; H-RATIO; H-TAIL; SCIENTIFIC PAPERS; SHIFTED LOTKA DISTRIBUTION; TECHNICAL PATENTS; THREE-PART DIVISION; UNCITEDNESS;

PATENTS AND INVENTIONS;

EID: 84875263655     PISSN: 17511577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joi.2012.11.002     Document Type: Article

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