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Title: Theory and practise of the g-index
Authors: EGGHE, Leo 
Issue Date: 2006
Publisher: SPRINGER
Source: SCIENTOMETRICS, 69(1). p. 131-152
Abstract: The g-index is introduced as an improvement of the h-index of Hirsch to measure the global citation performance of a set of articles. If this set is ranked in decreasing order of the number of citations that they received, the g-index is the (unique) largest number such that the top g articles received (together) at least...
Keywords: g-index; h-index; Lotka; citation performance; Price medallist
Document URI: http://hdl.handle.net/1942/981
ISSN: 0138-9130
e-ISSN: 1588-2861
DOI: 10.1007/s11192-006-0144-7
ISI #: 000240477000010
Category: A1
Type: Journal Contribution
Validations: ecoom 2007
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