Woeginger, GJ (Woeginger, Gerhard J.) A symmetry axiom for scientific impact indices JOURNAL OF INFORMETRICS, 2 (4): 298-303 OCT 2008

[Eugene Garfield]

Author(s): Woeginger, GJ (Woeginger, Gerhard J.) 

Title: A symmetry axiom for scientific impact indices 

Source: JOURNAL OF INFORMETRICS, 2 (4): 298-303 OCT 2008 

Language: English 

Document Type: Article 

Author Keywords: Scientific impact measures; Citation analysis; 
Axiomatization 

Keywords Plus: H-INDEX; HIRSCH-INDEX; RANKING 

Abstract: We provide a newaxiomatic characterization of the Hirsch-index. 
This new characterization is based on a simple and appealing symmetry 
axiom which essentially imposes that the number of citations and the 
number of publications should be treated in the same way and should be 
measured in the same scale. (C) 2008 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. 

Addresses: TU Eindhoven, Dept Math & Comp Sci, NL-5600 MB Eindhoven, 
Netherlands 

Reprint Address: Woeginger, GJ, TU Eindhoven, Dept Math & Comp Sci, POB 
513, NL-5600 MB Eindhoven, Netherlands. 

E-mail Address: gwoegi at win.tue.nl 

Cited Reference Count: 17 

Times Cited: 0 

Publisher: ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV 

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

ISSN: 1751-1577 

DOI: 10.1016/j.joi.2008.09.001 

29-char Source Abbrev.: J INFORMETR 

ISO Source Abbrev.: J. Informetr. 

Source Item Page Count: 6 

Subject Category: Information Science & Library Science 

ISI Document Delivery No.: 372LS 

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