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Title: A geometric relation between the h-index and the Lorenz curve
Authors: EGGHE, Leo 
ROUSSEAU, Ronald 
Issue Date: 2019
Publisher: SPRINGER
Source: SCIENTOMETRICS, 119(2), p. 1281-1284
Abstract: We obtain a remarkable geometric relation between the Lorenz curve of a non-negative, continuous, decreasing function Z(r) and the h-index of integrals defined over a subinterval of the domain of Z(r). This result leads to a new geometric interpretation of the h-index of Z.
Notes: [Egghe, Leo] Univ Hasselt, Hasselt, Belgium. [Rousseau, Ronald] Univ Antwerp, Fac Social Sci, B-2020 Antwerp, Belgium. [Rousseau, Ronald] Katholieke Univ Leuven, Fac Onderzoeksctr ECOOM, Naamsestr 61, B-3000 Louvain, Belgium.
Keywords: h-Index in a continuous setting;Lorenz curve;Partial integrals
Document URI: http://hdl.handle.net/1942/30208
ISSN: 0138-9130
e-ISSN: 1588-2861
DOI: 10.1007/s11192-019-03083-2
ISI #: 000464901100039
Rights: Akadémiai Kiadó, Budapest, Hungary 2019
Category: A1
Type: Journal Contribution
Validations: ecoom 2020
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