The Z-index: A geometric representation of productivity and impact which accounts for information in the entire rank-citation profile

Journal of Informetrics

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 823-832

  Petersen, Alexander M ^a   Succi, Sauro ^b,c  

^a IMT SCHOOL FOR ADVANCED STUDIES LUCCA   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Citation impact; H Index; Rank stability; Science of science

Indexed keywords

BIOGRAPHIES; INDEXING (OF INFORMATION);

BENCHMARK COMPARISON; CITATION IMPACT; GEOMETRIC REPRESENTATION; H INDICES; HIGHLY-CITED PAPERS; HIRSCH'S H INDICES; LOCAL PERTURBATION; SCIENCE OF SCIENCE;

EXPLOSIVES;

EID: 84882935822     PISSN: 17511577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joi.2013.07.003     Document Type: Article

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