Properties of Hirsch-type indices: the case of library classification categories

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Title:	Properties of Hirsch-type indices: the case of library classification categories
Authors:	Liu, Yuxian ROUSSEAU, Ronald
Issue Date:	2009
Publisher:	SPRINGER
Source:	SCIENTOMETRICS, 79(2). p. 235-248
Abstract:	We present an application of the h-index in a context which does not include publications or citations. Rankings of library classification categories using the h-, g-and R-index are shown to be statistically equivalent. Moreover these indices seem to have the same discriminating power, as measured by the Gini concentration index. We further present best fitting Zipf-Mandelbrot functions for the h-distributions of classifications in different libraries.
Notes:	[Liu, Yuxian] Lib Tongji Univ, Catalogue Sect, Shanghai 200092, Peoples R China. [Rousseau, Ronald] KHBO Assoc KU Leuven, Dept Ind Sci & Technol, B-8400 Oostende, Belgium. [Liu, Yuxian; Rousseau, Ronald] Univ Antwerp, IBW, B-2000 Antwerp, Belgium. [Rousseau, Ronald] Hasselt Univ, B-3590 Diepenbeek, Belgium. yxliu@lib.tongji.edu.cn
Document URI:	http://hdl.handle.net/1942/11560
ISSN:	0138-9130
e-ISSN:	1588-2861
DOI:	10.1007/s11192-009-0415-1
ISI #:	000265778100002
Category:	A1
Type:	Journal Contribution
Validations:	ecoom 2010
Appears in Collections:	Research publications

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