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Eminence of scientists in the light of the h-index and other scientometric indicators.

Authors :
Vinkler, Peter
Source :
Journal of Information Science; 2007, Vol. 33 Issue 4, p481-491, 11p, 8 Charts
Publication Year :
2007

Abstract

Scientometrics cannot offer a simple consistent method for measuring the scientific eminence of individuals. The h-index method introduced by Hirsch was found applicable for evaluating publications of senior scientists with similar publishing features, only. Some simple methods — using the number of citations and journal papers, and the number of citations obtained by the most frequently cited papers — are suggested and tested to demonstrate the advantages and disadvantages of such indexes. The results indicate that calculating scientometric indexes for individuals, self-citations should be excluded and the effect of the different bibliometric features of the field should be taken into account. The correctness of the indexes used for evaluating journal papers of individuals should be investigated also on the individual level. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
01655515
Volume :
33
Issue :
4
Database :
Complementary Index
Journal :
Journal of Information Science
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
26356969
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1177/0165551506072165