Restricting the h-index to a publication and citation time window: A case study of a timed Hirsch index

Michael Schreiber

Journal of Informetrics, 2015, vol. 9, issue 1, 150-155

Abstract: The h-index has been shown to increase in many cases mostly because of citations to rather old publications. This inertia can be circumvented by restricting the evaluation to a publication and citation time window. Here I report results of an empirical study analyzing the evolution of the thus defined timed h-index in dependence on the length of the time window.

Keywords: h-Index; Hirsch index; Evaluation; Citation analysis; Citation time window; Publication time window (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1016/j.joi.2014.12.005

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