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- Authors
- Egghe, L.
- Affiliations
- University of Antwerp (BE)
- Corresponding author
- Egghe, Leo
- ORCID
- Egghe, Leo
- Venue
- Scientometrics
- Published
- 2006-10
- Volume
- 69
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 131-152
- ISSN
- 0138-9130 (ISSN-L)
- 1588-2861
- OpenAlex
- W2005706022
- Cited by
- 2,354
- References
- 13
- Citations by year
- 2026: 142 · 2025: 174 · 2024: 170 · 2023: 198 · 2022: 194 · 2021: 177 · 2020: 122 · 2019: 120 · 2018: 106 · 2017: 102 · 2016: 102 · 2015: 112 · 2014: 101 · 2013: 124 · 2012: 101
- FWCI
- 54.84
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- hdl.handle.net
- Licence
- other-oa
- www.springer.com/tdm (tdm)
- Locations
- Scientometrics (publishedVersion)
- RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
- Document Server@UHasselt (UHasselt) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty › scientometrics and bibliometrics research
- Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Information Systems › Web visibility and informetrics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Psychology Research and Bibliometrics
- Keywords
- g-index, h-index, citation analysis, bibliometric analysis, citation performance, research evaluation
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