Bibliographic Details
| Title: |
Using the h-index to rank influential information scientistss. |
| Authors: |
Cronin, Blaise1 bcronin@indiana.edu, Meho, Lokman1 meho@indiana.edu |
| Source: |
Journal of the American Society for Information Science & Technology. Jul2006, Vol. 57 Issue 9, p1275-1278. 4p. 3 Charts. |
| Subjects: |
Information science, Ranking, Bibliometrics, Statistical correlation, Information scientists, Work measurement, Performance evaluation, Distribution (Probability theory), Knowledge management |
| Abstract: |
The authors 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. It is shown 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. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| Database: |
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