R package for producing beamplots as a preferred alternative to the h index when assessing single researchers (based on downloads from Web of Science)

Robin Haunschild (), Lutz Bornmann () and Jonathan Adams ()
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Robin Haunschild: Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research
Jonathan Adams: ISI Clarivate Analytics

Scientometrics, 2019, vol. 120, issue 2, No 27, 925-927

Abstract: Abstract We propose the use of beamplots—which can be produced by using the R package BibPlots and WoS downloads—as a preferred alternative to h index values for assessing single researchers.

Keywords: Bibliometrics; h index; R; BibPlots; Citations; Impact (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.1007/s11192-019-03147-3

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