Soil science and the h index

Budiman Minasny (), Alfred E. Hartemink and Alex McBratney
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Budiman Minasny: The University of Sydney
Alfred E. Hartemink: ISRIC — World Soil Information
Alex McBratney: The University of Sydney

Scientometrics, 2007, vol. 73, issue 3, No 1, 257-264

Abstract: Abstract Soil science is a relatively young and specialised field of science. This note discusses the use of the h index as a scientific output measure in soil science. We explore the governing factors of h index in soil science: the number of soil scientists, the number of papers published, the average number of citations, and the age of the scientist. We found the average relationship between h index and scientific age for soil science: h = 0.7 t. The h index for soil science is smaller than other major science disciplines but norms for h need to be established

Date: 2007
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