Using the H-index to Rank Influential Information Scientists

We apply a new bibliometric measure, the h-index (Hirsch, 2005), to the literature of information science. Faculty rankings based on raw citation counts are compared with those based on h-counts. There is a strong positive correlation between the two sets of rankings. We show how the h-index can be...

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Main Authors: Cronin, Blaise, Meho, Lokman I.
Language:en
Published: Wiley 2006
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10150/105439