Expected number of citations and the crown indicator

Journal of Informetrics

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 43-47

  Smolinsky, Lawrence ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bibliometric indicator; Crown indicator; Field normalization; Research performance assessment

Indexed keywords

BIBLIOMETRIC INDICATORS; CITATION SCORE; FIELD NORMALIZATION; NORMALIZATION METHODS; RESEARCH PERFORMANCE;

EID: 84954118794     PISSN: 17511577     EISSN: 18755879     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joi.2015.10.007     Document Type: Article

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