A multi-metric approach for research evaluation

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 58, Issue 26, 2013, Pages 3288-3290

  Ronald, Rousseau ^a,b,c   Fred, Y Ye ^d  

^a Associatie KULeuven   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^d NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

altmetrics; influmetrics; informetrics; multi metric approach; research evaluation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84883458125     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11434-013-5939-3     Document Type: Article

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