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Impact coverage of the success-index

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We show mathematically that the success-index can be any of the following impact indices, dependent on the value of the threshold used in the definition of the success-index: Hirsch-index (h-index), g-index, generalized Wu- and Kosmulski-indices, the average.

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  • Egghe, L., 2014. "Impact coverage of the success-index," Journal of Informetrics, Elsevier, vol. 8(2), pages 384-389.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:infome:v:8:y:2014:i:2:p:384-389
    DOI: 10.1016/j.joi.2014.01.005
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    1. Leo Egghe, 2006. "Theory and practise of the g-index," Scientometrics, Springer;Akadémiai Kiadó, vol. 69(1), pages 131-152, October.
    2. Leo Egghe & Ronald Rousseau, 2012. "The Hirsch index of a shifted Lotka function and its relation with the impact factor," Journal of the Association for Information Science & Technology, Association for Information Science & Technology, vol. 63(5), pages 1048-1053, May.
    3. Egghe, L., 2013. "A mathematical characterization of the Hirsch-index by means of minimal increments," Journal of Informetrics, Elsevier, vol. 7(2), pages 388-393.
    4. Ludo Waltman & Nees Jan van Eck, 2012. "The inconsistency of the h-index," Journal of the Association for Information Science & Technology, Association for Information Science & Technology, vol. 63(2), pages 406-415, February.
    5. Leo Egghe & Ronald Rousseau, 2006. "An informetric model for the Hirsch-index," Scientometrics, Springer;Akadémiai Kiadó, vol. 69(1), pages 121-129, October.
    6. Franceschini, Fiorenzo & Galetto, Maurizio & Maisano, Domenico & Mastrogiacomo, Luca, 2013. "An informetric model for the success-index," Journal of Informetrics, Elsevier, vol. 7(1), pages 109-116.
    7. Leo Egghe & Ronald Rousseau, 2012. "The Hirsch index of a shifted Lotka function and its relation with the impact factor," Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, Association for Information Science & Technology, vol. 63(5), pages 1048-1053, May.
    8. Qiang Wu, 2010. "The w-index: A measure to assess scientific impact by focusing on widely cited papers," Journal of the Association for Information Science & Technology, Association for Information Science & Technology, vol. 61(3), pages 609-614, March.
    9. Egghe, L., 2011. "Characterizations of the generalized Wu- and Kosmulski-indices in Lotkaian systems," Journal of Informetrics, Elsevier, vol. 5(3), pages 439-445.
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