Handbook of Bibliometric Indicators: Quantitative Tools for Studying and Evaluating Research

At last, the first systematic guide to the growing jungle of citation indices and other bibliometric indicators.
Written with the aim of providing a complete and unbiased overview of all statistical measures for scientific productivity, the of this reference is an alphabetical dictionary of indices and other algorithms used to the importance and of researchers and their institutions. In 150 articles, the authors describe all indices in strictly mathematical terms without passing judgement on their relative merit. From widely used measures, such as the or the h-index, to highly specialized indices, all indicators currently in use in the sciences and humanities are described, and their application explained. The introductory and the appendix contain a wealth of valuable supporting information on sources, tools and techniques for bibliometric and scientometric analysis - for researchers as well as their funders and publishers.