Restricting the h-index to a publication and citation time window: A case study of a timed Hirsch index

Journal of Informetrics

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 150-155

  Schreiber, Michael ^a  

^a CHEMNITZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Citation analysis; Citation time window; Evaluation; H Index; Hirsch index; Publication time window

Indexed keywords

PUBLISHING;

CITATION ANALYSIS; EVALUATION; H INDICES; HIRSCH INDEX; TIME WINDOWS;

INDEXING (OF INFORMATION);

EID: 84921329906     PISSN: 17511577     EISSN: 18755879     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joi.2014.12.005     Document Type: Article

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