Ye, FY (Ye, Fred Y.); Rousseau, R (Rousseau, Ronald) The power law model and total career h-index sequences JOURNAL OF INFORMETRICS, 2 (4): 288-297 OCT 2008

[Eugene Garfield]

E-mail Address: yye at zju.edu.cn; ronald.rousseau at khbo.be 

Author(s): Ye, FY (Ye, Fred Y.); Rousseau, R (Rousseau, Ronald) 

Title: The power law model and total career h-index sequences 

Source: JOURNAL OF INFORMETRICS, 2 (4): 288-297 OCT 2008 

Language: English 

Document Type: Article 

Author Keywords: h-Index sequences; Power law models; Data fitting 

Keywords Plus: HIRSCH-INDEX 

Abstract: Three variations on the power law model proposed by Egghe are 
fitted to four groups of h-index time series: publication-citation data 
for authors, journals and universities; and patent citation data for 
firms. It is shown that none of the power law models yields an adequate 
description of total career h-index sequences. (C) 2008 Elsevier Ltd. All 
rights reserved. 

Addresses: [Rousseau, Ronald] KHBO Assoc KU Leuven, B-8400 Oostende, 
Belgium; [Rousseau, Ronald] Katholieke Univ Leuven, Steunpunt O&O 
Indicatoren & Dept, MSI, B-3000 Louvain, Belgium; [Ye, Fred Y.] Inst Sci & 
Tech Informat China, Beijing, Peoples R China; [Ye, Fred Y.] Zhejiang 
Univ, Dept Informat Resources Management, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, Peoples R 
China 

Reprint Address: Rousseau, R, KHBO Assoc KU Leuven, Zeedijk 101, B-8400 
Oostende, Belgium. 

E-mail Address: yye at zju.edu.cn; ronald.rousseau at khbo.be 

Cited Reference Count: 8 

Times Cited: 0 

Publisher: ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV 

Publisher Address: PO BOX 211, 1000 AE AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS 

ISSN: 1751-1577 

DOI: 10.1016/j.joi.2008.09.002 

29-char Source Abbrev.: J INFORMETR 

ISO Source Abbrev.: J. Informetr. 

Source Item Page Count: 10 

Subject Category: Information Science & Library Science 

ISI Document Delivery No.: 372LS 

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