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http://hdl.handle.net/1942/943| Title: | An informetric model for the Hirsch-index | Authors: | EGGHE, Leo ROUSSEAU, Ronald |
Issue Date: | 2006 | Publisher: | SPRINGER | Source: | SCIENTOMETRICS, 69(1). p. 121-129 | Abstract: | The h-index (or Hirsch-index) was defined by Hirsch in 2005 as the number h such that, for a general group of papers, h papers received at least h citations while the other papers received no more than h citations. This definition is extended here to the general framework of Information Production Processes (IPPs), using a source-item terminology. It is further shown that in each practical situation an IPP always has a unique h-index. In Lotkaian systems h = T^(1/α) where T is the total number of sources and α is the Lotka exponent. The relation between h and the total number of items is highlighted. | Keywords: | Hirsch-index, h-index, power laws, Information Production Process (IPP), sources and items | Document URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/1942/943 | ISSN: | 0138-9130 | e-ISSN: | 1588-2861 | DOI: | 10.1007/s11192-006-0143-8 | ISI #: | 000240477000009 | Category: | A1 | Type: | Journal Contribution | Validations: | ecoom 2007 |
| Appears in Collections: | Research publications |
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