Campiteli, MG; et al, A research productivity index to account for different scientific disciplines PROCEEDINGS OF ISSI 2007: 11TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF THE ISSI, VOLS I AND II. 2007. p.184-188

[Eugene Garfield]

Email: mocampiteli at gmail.com

Author(s): Campiteli, MG (Campiteli, Monica G.); Batista, PD (Batista, 
Pablo D.); Martinez, AS (Martinez, Alexandre S.) 

Title: A research productivity index to account for different scientific 
disciplines 

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 
184-188, 2007 

Cited Reference Count: 6 

Language: English 
Document Type: Article 

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: scientometrics; h-index; co-authorship 

Abstract: number h of papers with at least h citations has been proposed 
to evaluate individual's scientific research production. This index is 
robust in several ways but yet strongly dependent on the research field. 
We propose a complementary index h(1) = h(2)/N-a((T)), with N-a((T)) being 
the total number of authors in the considered h papers. A researcher with 
index h(1) has h(1) papers with at least h(1) citation if he/she had 
published alone. We have obtained the rank plots of h and h(1) for seven 
German scientific communities. Contrasting to the h-index curve, the h(1) 
index present a perfect data collapse into a unique curve allowing 
comparison among different research areas. 
Addresses: Univ Sao Paulo, Fac Filosofia Ciencias & Letras Ribeirao Preto, 
Ribeirao Preto, SP BR-14040901 Brazil. 

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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