Using the H-index to Rank Influential Information Scientists

Cronin, Blaise and Meho, Lokman I. Using the H-index to Rank Influential Information Scientists. Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, 2006, vol. 57, n. 9, pp. 1275-1278. [Journal article (Paginated)]

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English abstract

We apply a new bibliometric measure, the h-index (Hirsch, 2005), to the literature of information science. Faculty rankings based on raw citation counts are compared with those based on h-counts. There is a strong positive correlation between the two sets of rankings. We show how the h-index can be used to express the broad impact of a scholar’s research output over time in more nuanced fashion than straight citation counts.

Item type: Journal article (Paginated)
Keywords: Citation Analysis, Bibliometrics, H-index, Ranking, Research Evaluation, Information Scientists, Faculty Members
Subjects: B. Information use and sociology of information > BB. Bibliometric methods
Depositing user: Lokman I. Meho
Date deposited: 10 Jan 2007
Last modified: 02 Oct 2014 12:06
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10760/8790

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