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What is G-Index

Chapter 644
Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology, Third Edition
An index for quantifying scientific productivity based on publication record. It was suggested in 2006 by Leo Egghe. The index is calculated based on the distribution of citations received by a given researcher's publications (“G-index”, 2013).
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Citation Based Indicators in Evaluation of Quality and Performance of Research and Researchers
Vahideh Zarea Gavgani (Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Iran) and Fahime Abbasi (Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Iran)
Copyright: © 2015 |Pages: 10
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-5888-2.ch644
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