New exploratory work of evaluating a researcher’s output

Junping Qiu, Ruimin Ma () and Ni Cheng
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Junping Qiu: Wuhan University
Ruimin Ma: Wuhan University
Ni Cheng: Wuhan University

Scientometrics, 2008, vol. 77, issue 2, No 8, 335-344

Abstract: Abstract SCI has been popular all over the world since it was published by Garfield in 1963. Researches on evaluating a researcher’s output with SCI have always been continuous. In recent years, a great breakthrough has been made since the h-index was put forward in 2005. In this paper, we also advance a new method — Paper Quality Index (PQI) to evaluate the output of a researcher. The main purpose of our method is to solve two problems that consist in the method of h-index: one is that the h-index can’t compare the outputs of researchers in different fields; the other is that it is unsuitable for evaluating the outputs of young researchers. A simple mathematical expression is constructed to eliminate the difference of citation among different fields and makes the evaluation of short-term outputs of researchers possible.

Date: 2008
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