Analysis of bibliometric indicators for individual scholars in a large data set

Scientometrics

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 627-637

  Radicchi, Filippo ^a   Castellano, Claudio ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

^b ISC CNR   (Italy)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Citations; h Index; Statistical analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84888002742     PISSN: 01389130     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11192-013-1027-3     Document Type: Article

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