Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: http://hdl.handle.net/1942/10234
Title: A Relation Between h-Index and Impact Factor in the Power-Law Model
Authors: EGGHE, Leo 
Liang, Liming
ROUSSEAU, Ronald 
Issue Date: 2009
Publisher: JOHN WILEY & SONS INC
Source: JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR INFORMATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, 60(11). p. 2362-2365
Abstract: Using a power-law model, the two best-known topics in citation analysis, namely the impact factor and the Hirsch index, are unified into one relation (not a function). The validity of our model is, at least in a qualitative way, confirmed by real data.
Notes: [Egghe, Leo; Rousseau, Ronald] Hasselt Univ, B-3590 Diepenbeek, Belgium. [Liang, Liming] Henan Normal Univ, Inst Sci Technol & Soc, Xinxiang 453002, Peoples R China. [Liang, Liming] Dalian Univ Technol, Sch Humanities & Social Sci, Dalian 116024, Peoples R China. [Rousseau, Ronald] KHBO Assoc KU Leuven Ind Sci & Technol, B-8400 Oostende, Belgium. [Rousseau, Ronald] Katholieke Univ Leuven, Dept Math, B-3001 Louvain, Heverlee, Belgium.
Document URI: http://hdl.handle.net/1942/10234
ISSN: 1532-2882
DOI: 10.1002/asi.21144
ISI #: 000271199600015
Rights: © 2009 ASIS&T
Category: A1
Type: Journal Contribution
Validations: ecoom 2010
Appears in Collections:Research publications

Files in This Item:
File Description SizeFormat 
between 1.pdfPublished version73.87 kBAdobe PDFView/Open
between 2.pdfPeer-reviewed author version385.11 kBAdobe PDFView/Open
Show full item record

SCOPUSTM   
Citations

19
checked on Sep 1, 2025

WEB OF SCIENCETM
Citations

18
checked on Sep 2, 2025

Google ScholarTM

Check

Altmetric


Items in DSpace are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated.