The h-index: Advantages, limitations and its relation with other bibliometric indicators at the micro level

by: Rodrigo Costas, Maria Bordons

Journal of Informetrics, Vol. 1, No. 3. (July 2007), pp. 193-203.

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The relationship of the h-index with other bibliometric indicators at the micro level is analysed for Spanish CSIC scientists in Natural Resources, using publications downloaded from the Web of Science (1994-2004). Different activity and impact indicators were obtained to describe the research performance of scientists in different dimensions, being the h-index located through factor analysis in a quantitative dimension highly correlated with the absolute number of publications and citations. The need to include the remaining dimensions in the analysis of research performance of scientists and the risks of relying only on the h-index are stressed. The hypothesis that the achievement of some highly visible but intermediate-productive authors might be underestimated when compared with other scientists by means of the h-index is tested.

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TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:2548193 TI - The h-index: Advantages, limitations and its relation with other bibliometric indicators at the micro level T2 - The Hirsch Index JF - Journal of Informetrics VL - 1 IS - 3 SP - 193 EP - 203 N2 - The relationship of the h-index with other bibliometric indicators at the micro level is analysed for Spanish CSIC scientists in Natural Resources, using publications downloaded from the Web of Science (1994-2004). Different activity and impact indicators were obtained to describe the research performance of scientists in different dimensions, being the h-index located through factor analysis in a quantitative dimension highly correlated with the absolute number of publications and citations. The need to include the remaining dimensions in the analysis of research performance of scientists and the risks of relying only on the h-index are stressed. The hypothesis that the achievement of some highly visible but intermediate-productive authors might be underestimated when compared with other scientists by means of the h-index is tested. KW - h-index AU - Costas, Rodrigo AU - Bordons, Maria PY - 2007/07// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.joi.2007.02.001 ER -

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