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The h-index: Advantages, limitations and its relation with other bibliometric indicators at the micro level

Rodrigo Costas and María Bordons

Journal of Informetrics, 2007, vol. 1, issue 3, 193-203

Abstract: The relationship of the h-index with other bibliometric indicators at the micro level is analysed for Spanish CSIC scientists in Natural Resources, using publications downloaded from the Web of Science (1994–2004). Different activity and impact indicators were obtained to describe the research performance of scientists in different dimensions, being the h-index located through factor analysis in a quantitative dimension highly correlated with the absolute number of publications and citations. The need to include the remaining dimensions in the analysis of research performance of scientists and the risks of relying only on the h-index are stressed. The hypothesis that the achievement of some highly visible but intermediate-productive authors might be underestimated when compared with other scientists by means of the h-index is tested.

Keywords: h-index; Bibliometric indicators; Micro-level studies; Individual scientific performance; Individual scientific assessment; Research evaluation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2007
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DOI: 10.1016/j.joi.2007.02.001

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