The h'-Index, Effectively Improving the h-Index Based on the Citation Distribution

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Zhang, Chun Ting ^a  

^a TIANJIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ACCURACY; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CITATION ANALYSIS; H INDEX; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MATHEMATICAL PARAMETERS; SCIENTIST; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

EFFICIENCY; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PUBLICATIONS; RESEARCH PERSONNEL;

EID: 84875666523     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0059912     Document Type: Article

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