Schreiber, M. 2010. Twenty Hirsch index variants and other indicators giving more or less preference to highly cited papers. ANNALEN DER PHYSIK 19 (8): 536-554

[Eugene Garfield]

Schreiber, M. 2010. Twenty Hirsch index variants and other indicators giving 
more or less preference to highly cited papers. ANNALEN DER PHYSIK 19 (8): 
536-554..

Author Full Name(s): Schreiber, Michael
Language: English
Document Type: Article
Author Keywords: Hirsch index; h index; g index; citation analysis
KeyWords Plus: H-INDEX; SCIENTIFIC IMPACT; R-INDEX; PHYSICISTS; 
CITATIONS; ECONOMICS; SCIENCES; IRELAND; OUTPUT

Abstract: The Hirsch index or h-index is widely used to quantify the impact of 
an individual's scientific research output, determining the highest number h of a 
scientist's papers that received at least it citations. Several variants of the 
index have been proposed in order to give more or less preference to highly 
cited papers. I analyse the citation records of 26 physicists discussing various 
suggestions, in particular A, e, f, g, h(2), h(w), h(T), h, m, pi, R, s, t, w, and 
maxprod. The total number of all and of all cited publications as well as the 
highest and the average number of citations are also compared. Advantages 
and disadvantages of these indices and indicators are discussed. Correlation 
coefficients are determined quantifying which indices and indicators yield similar 
and which yield more deviating rankings of the 26 datasets. For 6 datasets the 
determination of the indices and indicators is visualized. (C) 2010 WILEY-VCH 
Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA. Weinheim

Addresses: Tech Univ Chemnitz, Inst Phys, D-09107 Chemnitz, Germany
Reprint Address: Schreiber, M, Tech Univ Chemnitz, Inst Phys, Reichenhainer 
Str 70, D-09107 Chemnitz, Germany.

E-mail Address: schreiber at physik.tu-chemnitz.de
ISSN: 0003-3804
DOI: 10.1002/andp.201000046
fulltext: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/andp.201000046/abstract