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h-index: a standalone construct

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Scientometrics

the largest number h such that a researcher has h papers each cited at least h times.

In scientometrics, h-index refers to the largest number h such that a researcher has h papers each cited at least h times. This meaning comes from Hirsch (2005) in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.[1]

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contemporary h-index1 fields · 1 citationsanchor · a standalone construct G-index2 fields · 2 citationsjingle · one word, two constructs hm-index1 fields · 1 citationsanchor · a standalone construct

References

Hirsch, J. E. (2005). An index to quantify an individual's scientific research output. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 102(46), 16569-16572. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0507655102

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