Research Article

Application of a Modified k-Means Algorithm to Evaluatesignificance of Bibliometric Indices of Journals

by  B. Annapurna, M. M. Naidu
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International Journal of Computer Applications
Foundation of Computer Science (FCS), NY, USA
Volume 151 - Issue 2
Published: Oct 2016
Authors: B. Annapurna, M. M. Naidu
10.5120/ijca2016911680
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B. Annapurna, M. M. Naidu . Application of a Modified k-Means Algorithm to Evaluatesignificance of Bibliometric Indices of Journals. International Journal of Computer Applications. 151, 2 (Oct 2016), 14-19. DOI=10.5120/ijca2016911680

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                        author  = { B. Annapurna,M. M. Naidu },
                        title   = { Application of a Modified k-Means Algorithm to Evaluatesignificance of Bibliometric Indices of Journals },
                        journal = { International Journal of Computer Applications },
                        year    = { 2016 },
                        volume  = { 151 },
                        number  = { 2 },
                        pages   = { 14-19 },
                        doi     = { 10.5120/ijca2016911680 },
                        publisher = { Foundation of Computer Science (FCS), NY, USA }
                        }
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                        %A M. M. Naidu
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                        %J International Journal of Computer Applications
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Abstract

The indices such as h-index, e-index etc has received much attention from the scientific community owing to their prowess to impact journal quality. Many different indicatorshave been developed to overcome drawbacks of h-index. Nearly four indices which are of prime importance in the publishing industry were utilized.In this paper, we present a modified k-means algorithm to generate three clusters of datasets of scientific journals.

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Keywords

h-index m-index A-index e-index k-means algorithm

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