The stochastic h-index

Gopalan M. Nair and Berwin A. Turlach

Journal of Informetrics, 2012, vol. 6, issue 1, 80-87

Abstract: A variant of the h-index, named the stochastic h-index, is proposed. This new index is obtained by adding to the h-index the probability, under a specific stochastic model, that the h-index will increase by one or more within a given time interval. The stochastic h-index thus extends the h-index to the real line and has a direct interpretation as the distance to the next higher index value. We show how the stochastic h-index can be evaluated and compare it with other variants of the h-index which purportedly indicate the distance to a higher h-index.

Keywords: h-Index; Stochastic h-index; Rational h-index; Real h-index; Bibliometric indicators; Stochastic model (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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DOI: 10.1016/j.joi.2011.09.006

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