Two simple new bibliometric indexes to better evaluate research in disciplines where publications typically receive less citations

Scientometrics

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 617-631

  Anania, Giovanni ^a   Caruso, Annarosa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bibliometrics; Citation statistics; Evaluating research in Social Sciences; h index

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880136838     PISSN: 01389130     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11192-013-0951-6     Document Type: Article

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