Categorizing h-index variants

M Schreiber, Chrysovalantis Malesios and S Psarakis

Research Evaluation, 2011, vol. 20, issue 5, 397-409

Abstract: Utilizing the Hirsch index h and some of its variants for an exploratory factor analysis we discuss whether one of the most important Hirsch-type indices, namely the g-index, comprises information about not only the size of the productive core but also the impact of the papers in the core. We also study the effect of logarithmic and square-root transformation of the data utilized in the factor analysis. To demonstrate our approach we use a real data example analysing the citation records of 26 physicists compiled from the Web of Science. Copyright , Beech Tree Publishing.

Date: 2011
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