Hirsch index or Hirsch rate? Some thoughts arising from Liang’s data

by: Quentin Burrell

Scientometrics, Vol. 73, No. 1. (22 October 2007), pp. 19-28.

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Abstract Hirsch’s h-index gives a single number that in some sense summarizes an author’s research output and its impact. Since an individual author’s h-index will be time-dependent, we propose instead the h-rate which, according to theory, is (almost) constant. We re-analyse a previously published data set (Liang, 2006) which, although not of the precise form to properly test our model, reveals that in many cases we do not have a constant h-rate. On the other hand this then suggests ways in which deeper scientometric investigations could be carried out. This work should be viewed as complementary to that of Liang (2006).

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TY - JOUR ID - burrell07hirsch L3 - citeulike-article-id:2653873 TI - Hirsch index or {H}irsch rate? {S}ome thoughts arising from {L}iang’s data JF - Scientometrics VL - 73 IS - 1 SP - 19 EP - 28 N2 - Abstract Hirsch’s h-index gives a single number that in some sense summarizes an author’s research output and its impact. Since an individual author’s h-index will be time-dependent, we propose instead the h-rate which, according to theory, is (almost) constant. We re-analyse a previously published data set (Liang, 2006) which, although not of the precise form to properly test our model, reveals that in many cases we do not have a constant h-rate. On the other hand this then suggests ways in which deeper scientometric investigations could be carried out. This work should be viewed as complementary to that of Liang (2006). KW - evolution KW - hirsch-index KW - informetrics AU - Burrell, Quentin PY - 2007/10/22/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11192-006-1774-5 ER -

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