Author-Suggested, Weighted Citation Index: A Novel Approach for Determining the Contribution of Individual Researchers

Tanmoy Konar
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Tanmoy Konar: West Bengal Police Housing and Infrastructure Development Corporation Limited, Salt Lake, Kolkata 700091, India

Publications, 2021, vol. 9, issue 3, 1-8

Abstract: A novel scientometric index, named ‘author-suggested, weighted citation index’ ( A w -index) is proposed to indicate the scientific contribution of any individual researcher. For calculation of the A w -index, it is suggested that during the submission of a scholarly article, the corresponding author would provide a statement, agreed upon by all the authors, containing weightage factors against each author of the article. The author who contributed more to the article would secure a higher weightage factor. The summation of the weightage factors of all the authors of an article should be unity. The citation points a researcher receives from a scholarly publication is the product of his/her weightage factor for that article and the total number of citations of the article. The A w -index of any individual researcher is the summation of the citation points he/she receives for all his/her publications as an author. The A w -index provides the opportunity to the group of authors of a multi-authored article to determine the quantum of partial citations to be attributed to each of them. Through an illustrative example, a comparison of the proposed index with the major scientometric indexes is presented to highlight the advantages of the A w -index.

Keywords: scientometric indexes; scholarly publications; scientific contribution of individual; author-suggested weighted citation index (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A2 D83 L82 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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