h-index

If Randall is younger than the other theoretical physicists who were elected, it's not surprising that her h-index is in the middle, rather than the high end of range for physicists elected to the academy.

Sixteen Women Elected to National Academy of Sciences - Chronicle.com Peggy 2008

In his 2005 article, Hirsch introduced the h-index named after himself, of course.

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Certainly in my field, making your data available encourages others to use it, and when they use it, they will cite your work... up goes the h-index.

The Volokh Conspiracy » NYT on Hacked Climate E-Mails 2009

And whilst number of publications are important, citations are often important as well if a scientist is judged on a scoring method, such as the h-index.

The Volokh Conspiracy » NYT on Hacked Climate E-Mails 2009

And whilst number of publications are important, citations are often important as well if a scientist is judged on a scoring method, such as the h-index.

The Volokh Conspiracy » NYT on Hacked Climate E-Mails 2009

You've published 32 papers with more than 32 citations—your h-index is 32.

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Jorge Hirsch came up with the “h-index” that seems to work in scientific fields: Order the cited works of the subject in descending order of number of citations to it, then count down until you reach the number n of works beyond which the number of citations to them are

The Volokh Conspiracy » Judge Sotomayor: More Data, and a New Conclusion. 2009

You've published 32 papers with more than 32 citations—your h-index is 32.

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Discusses the strengths and weaknesses of Web of Science and other more recent citation data sources (e.g., Scopus and Google Scholar), the impact of the Web on citation analysis, and the emergence of new citation-based research assessment measures (e.g., h-index).

Internet News: Scholarly Archives 2009

In his 2005 article, Hirsch introduced the h-index named after himself, of course.

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