Weighted indices for evaluating the quality of research with multiple authorship

Scientometrics

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 107-131

  Abbas, Ash Mohammad ^a  

^a ALIGARH MUSLIM UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Citations; Multiple authors; Quality of publication; Weighted index

Indexed keywords

EID: 85027926635     PISSN: 01389130     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11192-011-0389-7     Document Type: Article

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