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R package for producing beamplots as a preferred alternative to the h index when assessing single researchers (based on downloads from Web of Science)

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  • Robin Haunschild

    (Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research)

  • Lutz Bornmann

    (Administrative Headquarters of the Max Planck Society)

  • Jonathan Adams

    (ISI Clarivate Analytics
    King’s College London)

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We propose the use of beamplots—which can be produced by using the R package BibPlots and WoS downloads—as a preferred alternative to h index values for assessing single researchers.

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  • Robin Haunschild & Lutz Bornmann & Jonathan Adams, 2019. "R package for producing beamplots as a preferred alternative to the h index when assessing single researchers (based on downloads from Web of Science)," Scientometrics, Springer;Akadémiai Kiadó, vol. 120(2), pages 925-927, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:scient:v:120:y:2019:i:2:d:10.1007_s11192-019-03147-3
    DOI: 10.1007/s11192-019-03147-3
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    1. Lutz Bornmann & Robin Haunschild, 2018. "Plots for visualizing paper impact and journal impact of single researchers in a single graph," Scientometrics, Springer;Akadémiai Kiadó, vol. 115(1), pages 385-394, April.
    2. Lutz Bornmann & Werner Marx, 2014. "Distributions instead of single numbers: Percentiles and beam plots for the assessment of single researchers," Journal of the Association for Information Science & Technology, Association for Information Science & Technology, vol. 65(1), pages 206-208, January.
    3. Lutz Bornmann & Werner Marx, 2014. "How to evaluate individual researchers working in the natural and life sciences meaningfully? A proposal of methods based on percentiles of citations," Scientometrics, Springer;Akadémiai Kiadó, vol. 98(1), pages 487-509, January.
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