A study of the "heartbeat spectra" for "sleeping beauties"

Journal of Informetrics

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 493-502

  Li, Jiang ^a   Shi, Dongbo ^b   Zhao, Star X ^a   Ye, Fred Y ^c  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Citation pattern; Gini coefficient; Heartbeat spectrum; Sleeping beauty

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER APPLICATIONS;

CITATION PATTERN; GINI COEFFICIENTS; HEARTBEAT SPECTRUM; SLEEPING BEAUTY;

SLEEP RESEARCH;

EID: 84899826567     PISSN: 17511577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joi.2014.04.002     Document Type: Article

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