Comparison of the h-index for different fields of research using bootstrap methodology

Quality and Quantity

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 521-545

  Malesios, C C ^a   Psarakis, S ^b  

^a DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

^b ATHENS UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Bootstrapping; Confidence intervals; h index; Normalization

Indexed keywords

EID: 84891630517     PISSN: 00335177     EISSN: 15737845     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11135-012-9785-1     Document Type: Article

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