An investigation on mathematical models of the h-index

Fred Y. Ye ()
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Fred Y. Ye: Zhejiang University

Scientometrics, 2009, vol. 81, issue 2, No 13, 493-498

Abstract: Abstract Based on two large data samples from ISI databases, the author evaluated the Hirsch model, the Egghe-Rousseau model, and the Glänzel-Schubert model of the h-index. The results support the Glänzel-Schubert model as a better estimation of the h-index at both journal and institution levels. If h c , h p and h pc stand for the Hirsch estimation, Egghe-Rousseau estimation, and Glänzel-Schubert estimation, respectively, then an inequality h p

Date: 2009
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