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Response to comment “hα: the scientist as chimpanzee or bonobo”, by Leydesdorff, Bornmann and Opthof

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  • J. E. Hirsch

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In this comment by Leydesdorff, Bornmann and Opthof (Scientometrics https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-019-03004-3 , 2019) the authors criticize the recently proposed $$h_{\alpha }$$ h α index (Scientometrics https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-018-2994-1 , 2018) on the basis that “ $$h_{\alpha }$$ h α inherits most of the disadvantages of the h-index”, that it “can be extremely unstable”, and that “The empirical attribution of credit among co-authors is not captured by abstract models such as h, $$\bar{h}$$ h ¯ , or $$h_{\alpha }$$ h α ”. I refute their arguments and present further evidence that $$h_{\alpha }$$ h α is a useful and essential complement to the h-index.

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  • J. E. Hirsch, 2019. "Response to comment “hα: the scientist as chimpanzee or bonobo”, by Leydesdorff, Bornmann and Opthof," Scientometrics, Springer;Akadémiai Kiadó, vol. 118(3), pages 1167-1172, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:scient:v:118:y:2019:i:3:d:10.1007_s11192-019-03019-w
    DOI: 10.1007/s11192-019-03019-w
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    1. Loet Leydesdorff & Lutz Bornmann & Tobias Opthof, 2019. "hα: the scientist as chimpanzee or bonobo," Scientometrics, Springer;Akadémiai Kiadó, vol. 118(3), pages 1163-1166, March.
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