An Absolute index (Ab-index) to measure a researcher's useful contributions and productivity

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2013, Pages

  Biswal, Akshaya Kumar ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL RICE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Philippines)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSOLUTE INDEX; ARTICLE; AUTHOR; BIOMEDICINE; GENETICIST; INTELLIGENCE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MATHEMATICAL PARAMETERS; MATHEMATICS; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MOLECULAR BIOLOGIST; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; PRODUCTIVITY; PRODUCTIVITY INDEX; SCIENTIST;

ALGORITHMS; AUTHORSHIP; BIBLIOMETRICS; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; EFFICIENCY; HUMANS; RESEARCH PERSONNEL; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 84896723545     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0084334     Document Type: Article

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