Evaluation of the productivity of hospital-based researchers: comparative study between the h-index and the h(fa)-index

Paul Sebo () and Sylvain de Lucia
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Paul Sebo: University of Geneva
Sylvain de Lucia: Geneva University Hospital

Scientometrics, 2021, vol. 126, issue 8, No 30, 7087-7096

Abstract: Abstract The h-index is often used to evaluate researchers and to measure their respective contributions to the scientific community. However, it does not take into account the relative contribution of each author to the articles. We aimed to assess the added value of the h(fa)-index, an index introducing a weighting factor for the first author. This cross-sectional study was conducted in March 2020 in Switzerland. We selected all hospital-based senior physicians practicing internal medicine or family medicine in the six university hospitals. Using Web of Science, we retrieved the h-index and computed the h(fa)-index of all physicians with a non-zero h-index. We used Spearman coefficients to examine the correlation between the two indices and Cohen’s kappa to determine the inter-rater agreement. 244 physicians were included in the study (men: 63%). They had a median h-index of 3 (IQR 11) and a median h(fa) index of 4.5 (IQR 14). The correlation between the two indices was very high (rho 0.98, p-value

Keywords: Academic research; Bibliometric study; H-index; H(fa)-index; Productivity; Switzerland (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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