Bibliometrics for Internet media: Applying the h‐index to YouTube

Robert Hovden

Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, 2013, vol. 64, issue 11, 2326-2331

Abstract: The h‐index can be a useful metric for evaluating a person's output of Internet media. Here I advocate and demonstrate adaption of the h‐index and the g‐index to the top video content creators on YouTube. The h‐index for Internet video media is based on videos and their view counts. The h‐index is defined as the number of videos with ≥h × 105 views. The g‐index is defined as the number of videos with ≥g × 105 views on average. When compared with a video creator's total view count, the h‐index and g‐index better capture both productivity and impact in a single metric.

Date: 2013
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