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The state of h index research: Is the h index the ideal way to measure research performance?
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- Authors
- Bornmann, L., & Daniel, H.
- Venue
- EMBO reports
- Published
- 2008-12-12
- Volume
- 10
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 2-6
- ISSN
- 1469-221X (ISSN-L)
- 1469-3178
- OpenAlex
- W1870228376
- Cited by
- 396
- References
- 1
- FWCI
- 27.72
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
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