Cronin B, Meho L. "Using the h-index to rank influential information scientists " JASIST 57(9): 1275-1278 July 2006

[Eugene Garfield]

E-mail Addresses: 
Blaise Cronin : bcronin at indiana.edu
Lokman Meho   : meho at indiana.edu 


Title: Using the h-index to rank influential information scientists 

Author(s): Cronin B, Meho L 

Source: JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR INFORMATION SCIENCE AND 
TECHNOLOGY 57 (9): 1275-1278 JUL 2006 

Document Type: Article 
Language: English 
Cited References: 7      Times Cited: 1   
     
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. 

KeyWords Plus: PRODUCTIVITY; FACULTY 

Addresses: Cronin B (reprint author), Indiana Univ, Sch Lib & Informat Sci, 
Bloomington, IN 47401 USA
Indiana Univ, Sch Lib & Informat Sci, Bloomington, IN 47401 USA 

E-mail Addresses: bcronin at indiana.edu, meho at indiana.edu 

Publisher: JOHN WILEY & SONS INC, 111 RIVER ST, HOBOKEN, NJ 07030 USA 
Subject Category: COMPUTER SCIENCE, INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INFORMATION 
SCIENCE & LIBRARY SCIENCE 
IDS Number: 056JT 

ISSN: 1532-2882 

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