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Title: | The influence of missing publications on the Hirsch index | Authors: | ROUSSEAU, Ronald | Issue Date: | 2007 | Publisher: | ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV | Source: | JOURNAL OF INFORMETRICS, 1(1). p. 2-7 | Abstract: | We show that usually the influence on the Hirsch index of missing highly cited articles is much smaller than the number of missing articles. This statement is shown by a combinatorial argument. We further show, by using a continuous power law model, that the influence of missing articles is largest when the total number of publications is small, and non-existing when the number of publications is very large. The same conclusion can be drawn for missing citations. Hence, the h-index is resilient to missing articles and to missing citations. (c) 2006 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. | Notes: | KHBO, Assoc KU Leuven, Dept Ind Sci & Technol, B-8400 Oostende, Belgium. Univ Antwerp, IBW, B-2610 Antwerp, Belgium. Hasselt Univ, B-3590 Diepenbeek, Belgium. | Keywords: | Hirsch index; influence of missing data; power law model; robustness | Document URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/1942/8485 | ISSN: | 1751-1577 | e-ISSN: | 1875-5879 | DOI: | 10.1016/j.joi.2006.05.001 | ISI #: | 000253974300002 | Category: | A1 | Type: | Journal Contribution | Validations: | ecoom 2009 |
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