A new bibliometric index based on the shape of the citation distribution

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 2014, Pages

  Lando, Tommaso ^a   Bertoli Barsotti, Lucio ^b  

^a VSB TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF OSTRAVA   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGAMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; BIBLIOMETRICS; JOURNAL IMPACT FACTOR; PERSONNEL; PROCEDURES; QUALITY CONTROL;

ALGORITHMS; BENCHMARKING; BIBLIOMETRICS; JOURNAL IMPACT FACTOR; RESEARCH PERSONNEL;

EID: 84919935200     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0115962     Document Type: Article

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