A general approach to citation analysis and an h-index based on the standard impact factor framework

12th International Conference on Scientometrics and Informetrics, ISSI 2009

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 143-153

  Liang, Liming ^a,b   Rousseau, Ronald ^c,d,e  

^a HENAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c Katholieke Hogeschool Brugge Oostende   (Belgium)

^d HASSELT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION SCIENCE;

CITATION ANALYSIS; H INDICES; IMPACT FACTOR;

INDEXING (OF INFORMATION);

EID: 84902003091     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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