Distributions of the h-index and the g-index

Proceedings of ISSI 2007 - 11th International Conference of the International Society for Scientometrics and Informetrics

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 244-253

  Egghe, Leo ^a,b  

^a HASSELT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Distribution; G index; H index; Hirsch index; Lotka

Indexed keywords

COMPENSATION (PERSONNEL); INDEXING (OF INFORMATION); INFORMATION SCIENCE;

DISTRIBUTION; G INDICES; H INDICES; HIRSCH INDEX; LOTKA;

PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS;

EID: 84902169760     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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