Analysis of research scholarship for academic staff at US ABET accredited mining engineering schools by publications, citations and h-index

Transactions of the Institutions of Mining and Metallurgy, Section A: Mining Technology

Volumn 124, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 222-230

  Noble, Aaron ^a   Kecojevic, Vladislav ^a  

^a West Virginia University   (United States)

Author keywords

Citations; H index; Mining engineering education; Publications; Scholarly productivity

Indexed keywords

ENGINEERING EDUCATION; INDEXING (OF INFORMATION); MINING ENGINEERING; PRODUCTIVITY; PUBLISHING;

ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS; CITATIONS; ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS; ENGINEERING SCHOOLS; H INDICES; MINERAL PROCESSING; PUBLICATIONS; QUANTITATIVE MEASURES;

EDUCATION;

EID: 84957712286     PISSN: 14749009     EISSN: 17432863     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/1743286315Y.0000000010     Document Type: Article

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