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 available statistical measures for scientific productivity, the core of this reference is an alphabetical dictionary of indices and other algorithms used to evaluate the importance and impact of researchers and their institutions. In 150 major articles, the authors describe all indices in strictly ma...

This volume presents the basic mathematics of ranking methods through a didactic approach and the integration of relevant applications. Ranking methods can be applied in several different fields, including decision support, toxicology, environmental problems, proteomics and genomics, analytical chemistry, food chemistry, and QSAR. - Covers a wide range of applications, from the environment and toxicology to DNA sequencing - Incorporates contributions from renowned experts in the field - Me...