A Taxonomy of Bibliometric Performance Indicators Based on the Property of Consistency

Ludo Waltman and Nees Jan van Eck

ERIM Report Series Research in Management from Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), ERIM is the joint research institute of the Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University and the Erasmus School of Economics (ESE) at Erasmus University Rotterdam

Abstract: We propose a taxonomy of bibliometric indicators of scientific performance. The taxonomy relies on the property of consistency. The h-index is shown not to have this important property.

Keywords: bibliometric performance indicator; consistency; h-index; scientific performance; taxonomy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: L23 M M11 R4 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009-03-12
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