Evaluating paper and author ranking algorithms using impact and contribution awards

Journal of Informetrics

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 392-407

  Dunaiski, Marcel ^a   Visser, Willem ^a   Geldenhuys, Jaco ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Bibliometrics; Citation analysis; Ranking

Indexed keywords

DATABASE SYSTEMS; DIGITAL LIBRARIES; STATISTICAL TESTS;

ACADEMIC SEARCH; BIBLIOGRAPHIC CITATIONS; BIBLIOMETRICS; CITATION ANALYSIS; HIGH IMPACT; MICROSOFT; RANKING; RANKING ALGORITHM;

ALGORITHMS;

EID: 84960926975     PISSN: 17511577     EISSN: 18755879     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joi.2016.01.010     Document Type: Article

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