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On some new bibliometric applications of statistics related to the h-index

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  • Wolfgang Glänzel

    (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
    Hungarian Academy of Sciences
    KU Leuven)

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In this paper some new fields of application of Hirsch-related statistics are presented. Furthermore, so far unrevealed properties of the h-index are analysed in the context of rank-frequency and extreme-value statistics.

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  • Wolfgang Glänzel, 2008. "On some new bibliometric applications of statistics related to the h-index," Scientometrics, Springer;Akadémiai Kiadó, vol. 77(1), pages 187-196, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:scient:v:77:y:2008:i:1:d:10.1007_s11192-007-1989-0
    DOI: 10.1007/s11192-007-1989-0
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