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New seniority-independent Hirsch-type index

Marek Kosmulski
- 01 Oct 2009 - 
- Vol. 3, Iss: 4, pp 341-347
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In this paper, the authors defined the following seniority-independent Hirsch-type index, which is suitable to compare the scientific output of scientists in different ages: a scientist has index hpd if hpd of his/her papers have at least hpd citations per decade each, and his/his other papers have less than hpd + 1 citations per 10 years each.
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This article is published in Journal of Informetrics.The article was published on 2009-10-01. It has received 21 citations till now.

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A review of the characteristics of 108 author-level bibliometric indicators

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Psychiatry and the Hirsch h-index: The relationship between journal impact factors and accrued citations.

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A methodology for Institution-Field ranking based on a bidimensional analysis: the IFQ2A index

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Successful papers: A new idea in evaluation of scientific output

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The success -index: an alternative approach to the h -index for evaluating an individual’s research output

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Citation context versus the frequency counts of citation histories

TL;DR: Very definite trends in the rankings are noted between the two decades, the trends being quite similar irrespective of the ranking scale applied, and the ranking is believed to be a function of the importance of the cited papers for those citing them.
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Demographers and Their Journals: Who Remains Uncited After Ten Years?

TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined the level of uncitedness and the impact of articles published in the years 1990-92 in 17 demography journals and found that 24 percent of the articles are still uncited and the average number of citations per article is seven.
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