Letter to the editor: Dimensionless citation indicators

Gangan Prathap ()
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Gangan Prathap: Vidya Academy of Science and Technology

Scientometrics, 2018, vol. 115, issue 3, No 17, 1433-1435

Abstract: Abstract Bornmann and Leydesdorff (Scientometrics, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-018-2682-1 ) make an excellent case to use normalized citation based indicators instead of the h-index. In this Letter to the Editor we point out that h/P, p/P and i/P are all very simple and intuitive dimensionless citation indicators where h is the Hirsch h-index, p the performance index of Prathap, and i the value of impact as measured by the ratio of citations C to Publications P.

Keywords: Bibliometric databases; h-index; p-index; Dimensionless indicators (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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