Rousseau, R (Rousseau, Ronald) Woeginger's axiomatisation of the h-index and its relation to the g-index, the h((2))- index and the R-2-index JOURNAL OF INFORMETRICS, 2 (4): 335-340 OCT 2008

[Eugene Garfield]

E-mail Address: ronald.rousseau at khbo.be

Author(s): Rousseau, R (Rousseau, Ronald) 

Title: Woeginger's axiomatisation of the h-index and its relation to the g-
index, the h((2))- index and the R-2-index 

Source: JOURNAL OF INFORMETRICS, 2 (4): 335-340 OCT 2008 

Language: English 

Document Type: Article 

Author Keywords: h-Index; g-Index; Kosmulski's h((2))-index; R-index; 
Axioms 

Abstract: Recently Woeginger [Woeginger, G. H. (2008-a). An axiomatic 
characterization for the Hirsch-index. Mathematical Social Sciences. An 
axiomatic analysis of Egghe's g-index. Journal of Informetrics] introduced 
a set of axioms for scientific impact measures. These lead to a 
characterization of the h-index. In this note we consider a slight 
generalization and check which of Woeginger's axioms are satisfied by the 
g-index, the h((2))-index and the R-2-index. (C) 2008 Elsevier Ltd. All 
rights reserved. 

Addresses: [Rousseau, Ronald] KHBO, Assoc KU Leuven, B-8400 Oostende, 
Belgium; [Rousseau, Ronald] Zhejiang Univ, NIIM, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 
Peoples R China; [Rousseau, Ronald] Katholieke Univ Leuven, Steunpunt O&O 
Indicatoren & Dept MSI, B-3000 Louvain, Belgium 

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

E-mail Address: ronald.rousseau at khbo.be 

Cited Reference Count: 10 

Times Cited: 0 

Publisher: ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV 

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

ISSN: 1751-1577 

DOI: 10.1016/j.joi.2008.07.001 

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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MARCHANT T
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