Counting and comparing publication output with and without equalizing and inflationary bias

Journal of Informetrics

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 310-317

  Hagen, Nils T ^a  

^a NORD UNIVERSITY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Bibliometric bias; Coauthor credit; Equalizing bias; Harmonic formula; Inflationary bias; Publication performance ranking

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION;

BIBLIOMETRIC; COAUTHOR CREDIT; EQUALIZING BIAS; HARMONIC FORMULA; INFLATIONARY BIAS; PERFORMANCE RANKINGS;

PUBLISHING;

EID: 84893457103     PISSN: 17511577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joi.2014.01.003     Document Type: Article

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