Scaling the h-index for different scientific ISI fields

Juan E. Iglesias () and Carlos Pecharromán
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Juan E. Iglesias: Instituto de Cerámica y Vidrio
Carlos Pecharromán: Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales

Scientometrics, 2007, vol. 73, issue 3, No 5, 303-320

Abstract: Abstract We propose a simple way to put in a common scale the h values of researchers working in different scientific ISI fields, so that the foreseeable misuse of this index for inter-areas comparison might be prevented, or at least, alleviated.

Date: 2007
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