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. 2009 Jan;10(1):2-6.
doi: 10.1038/embor.2008.233. Epub 2008 Dec 12.

The state of h index research. Is the h index the ideal way to measure research performance?

Lutz Bornmann  1 , Hans-Dieter Daniel
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The state of h index research. Is the h index the ideal way to measure research performance?

Lutz Bornmann et al. EMBO Rep. 2009 Jan.
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The h index for distributions of citation frequencies (the publications are sorted in graphs A–D by number of citations).
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