A geometric relation between the h-index and the Lorenz curve

Leo Egghe () and Ronald Rousseau ()
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Leo Egghe: University of Hasselt
Ronald Rousseau: University of Antwerp

Scientometrics, 2019, vol. 119, issue 2, No 39, 1284 pages

Abstract: Abstract We obtain a remarkable geometric relation between the Lorenz curve of a non-negative, continuous, decreasing function Z(r) and the h-index of integrals defined over a subinterval of the domain of Z(r). This result leads to a new geometric interpretation of the h-index of Z.

Keywords: h-Index in a continuous setting; Lorenz curve; Partial integrals (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.1007/s11192-019-03083-2

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