Impact of journals and academic reputations of authors: A structured bibliometric survey of the IEEE publication galaxy

IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 17-40

  Canavero, Flavio ^a   Franceschini, Fiorenzo ^a   Maisano, Domenico ^a   Mastrogiacomo, Luca ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Academic research output; bibliometrics; citations; Hirsch index; Hirsch spectrum; IEEE journal; impact factor (IF); journal authors

Indexed keywords

INDEXING (OF INFORMATION); PUBLISHING; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

ACADEMIC RESEARCH; ACADEMIC RESEARCH OUTPUT; BIBLIOMETRIC; CITATION; HIRSCH INDEX; HIRSCH SPECTRUM; IEEE JOURNAL; IMPACT FACTOR; JOURNAL AUTHOR; RESEARCH OUTPUTS; SPECTRA'S;

SEARCH ENGINES;

EID: 84899837008     PISSN: 03611434     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPC.2013.2255935     Document Type: Article

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