Comparison of independent research of China's top universities using bibliometric indicators

Scientometrics

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 259-276

  Fu, Hui Zhen ^a,b   Ho, Yuh Shan ^a,b  

^a ASIA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

h Index; Peak year citations per publication; Science indicators; Scientometrics; Web of science

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879169742     PISSN: 01389130     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11192-012-0912-5     Document Type: Article

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