Use of H-Index and other bibliometric indicators to evaluate research productivity outcome on swine diseases

PLoS ONE

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2016, Pages

  Díaz, Ivan ^a   Cortey, Mart ^a   Olvera, Àlex ^b   Segalés, Joaquim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b Institut de Recerca de la SIDA IrsiCaixa   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

A INDEX; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BIBLIOMETRICS; CITATION ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUROPE; G INDEX; G/H RATIO; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; H INDEX; HG INDEX; M QUOTIENT; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; NONHUMAN; NORTH AMERICA; PATHOGEN LOAD; PORCINE CIRCOVIRUS 2; PORCINE REPRODUCTIVE AND RESPIRATORY SYNDROME VIRUS; PRODUCTIVITY; RESEARCH PRODUCTIVITY; SWINE DISEASE; TAXONOMY; VETERINARY MEDICINE; ZOONOSIS; ANIMAL; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; JOURNAL IMPACT FACTOR; MICROBIOLOGY; PIG; PROCEDURES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SWINE DISEASES; VIROLOGY; ZOONOSES;

ANIMALS; EUROPE; HUMANS; JOURNAL IMPACT FACTOR; LITERATURE BASED DISCOVERY; NORTH AMERICA; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES; VETERINARY MEDICINE; ZOONOSES;

EID: 84962272304     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0149690     Document Type: Article

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