Burrell, QL, Hirsch's h-index and Egghe's g-index (Article, English) PROCEEDINGS OF ISSI 2007: 11TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF THE ISSI, VOLS I AND II. 2007. p.162-169

[Eugene Garfield]

Email: q.burrell at ibs.ac.im

Author(s): Burrell, QL (Burrell, Quentin L.) 

Title: Hirsch's h-index and Egghe's g-index 

Editor(s): TorresSalinas, D; Moed, HF 

Source: PROCEEDINGS OF ISSI 2007: 11TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF THE 
INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR SCIENTOMETRICS AND INFORMETRICS, VOLS I AND II 
162-169, 2007
 
Language: English 
Document Type: Article 

Cited Reference Count: 18 

Conference Title: 11th International Conference of the International-
Society-for-Scientrometrics-and-Informetrics 

Conference Date: JUN 25-27, 2007 

Conference Location: Madrid, SPAIN 

Conference Sponsors: Int Soc Scientrometr & Informetr, CSIC, Minist Educ & 
Ciencia, FECYT, Comunidad Madrid, Eugene Garfield Fdn, Thomson Sci, 
Elsevier, Journal Informetr, Scopus, Ayuntamiento Madrid, Sci Metrix, Univ 
Carlos III Madrid 

Author Keywords: h-index; g-index; stochastic model; publication/citation 
process 

KeyWords Plus: MODEL 

Abstract: In a recent issue of the ISSI Newsletter, Egghe (2006a) proposed 
the g-index, claimed to be an improvement on the original h-index proposed 
by Hirsch (2005). The aim of this paper is to investigate the inter-
relationships between these two measures and also their time dependence 
using the stochastic publication/citation model proposed by Burrell (1992, 
2007a). We find that an author's g-index is directly proportional to 
career length and hence to the h-index. We also make some tentative 
suggestions regarding the relative merits of these proposed measures. 

Addresses: Isle Man Int Business Sch, Isle Of Man, IM2 1QB England. 

Publisher Name: INT SOC SCIENTOMETRICS & INFORMETRICS-ISSI 

Publisher Address: KATHOLIEKE UNIV LEUVEN, FACULTEIT E T E W, DEKENSTRAAT 
2, LEUVEN, B-3000, BELGIUM 

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