Abramo, G; D'Angelo, CA; Viel, F. 2010. A Robust Benchmark for the h- and g-Indexes. JASIST. 61 (6): 1275-128

[Eugene Garfield]

Abramo, G; D'Angelo, CA; Viel, F. 2010. A Robust Benchmark for the h- and g-
Indexes. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR INFORMATION SCIENCE 
AND TECHNOLOGY 61 (6): 1275-1280..

Author Full Name(s): Abramo, Giovanni; D'Angelo, Ciriaco Andrea; Viel, Fulvio
Language: English
Document Type: Article

Abstract: The use of Hirsch's h-index as a joint proxy of the impact and 
productivity of a scientist's research work continues to gain ground, 
accompanied by the efforts of bibliometrists to resolve some of its critical 
issues through the application of a number of more or less sophisticated 
variants. However, the literature does not reveal any appreciable attempt to 
overcome the objective problems of measuring h-indexes on a large scale for 
purposes of comparative evaluation. Scientists may succeed in calculating their 
own h-indexes but, being unable to compare them to those of their peers, they 
are unable to obtain truly useful indications of their individual research 
performance. This study proposes to overcome this gap, measuring the h- and 
Egghe's g-indexes of all Italian university researchers in the hard sciences over 
a 5-year window. Descriptive statistics are provided concerning all of the 165 
subject fields examined, offering robust benchmarks for those who wish to 
compare their individual performance to those of their colleagues in the same 
subject field.

Addresses: [Abramo, Giovanni] Univ Roma Tor Vergata, Natl Res Council Italy, 
I-00133 Rome, Italy; [Abramo, Giovanni; D'Angelo, Ciriaco Andrea; Viel, Fulvio] 
Univ Roma Tor Vergata, Dipartimento Ingn Impresa, I-00133 Rome, Italy

Reprint Address: Abramo, G, Univ Roma Tor Vergata, Natl Res Council Italy, Via 
Politecn 1, I-00133 Rome, Italy.

E-mail Address: abramo at disp.uniroma2.it

ISSN: 1532-2882
DOI: 10.1002/asi.21330
Fulltext: http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/123327389/abstract