"Platinum H": Refining the H-index to more realistically assess career trajectory and scientific publications

Archives of Environmental and Occupational Health

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 67-69

  Smith, Derek R ^a  

^a Archives of Environmental and Occupational Health   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAREER; CLINICAL RESEARCH; H INDEX SCORE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; REVIEW; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; SCORING SYSTEM; BIBLIOMETRICS; HUMAN; RESEARCH; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

BIBLIOMETRICS; HUMANS; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC; RESEARCH;

EID: 84929158559     PISSN: 19338244     EISSN: 21544700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19338244.2015.1016833     Document Type: Review

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