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On the correction of the h-index for career length

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  • L. Egghe

    (Universiteit Hasselt (UHasselt)
    Universiteit Antwerpen (UA), IBW, Stadscampus)

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We describe mathematically the age-independent version of the h-index, defined by Abt (Scientometrics 91(3):863–868, 2012) and explain when this indicator is constant with age. We compare this index with the one where not the h-index is divided by career length but where all citation numbers are divided by career length and where we then calculate the new h-index. Both mathematical models are compared. A variant of this second method is by calculating the h-index of the citation data, divided by article age. Examples are given.

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  • L. Egghe, 2013. "On the correction of the h-index for career length," Scientometrics, Springer;Akadémiai Kiadó, vol. 96(2), pages 563-571, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:scient:v:96:y:2013:i:2:d:10.1007_s11192-012-0926-z
    DOI: 10.1007/s11192-012-0926-z
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    1. Leo Egghe & Ronald Rousseau, 2006. "An informetric model for the Hirsch-index," Scientometrics, Springer;Akadémiai Kiadó, vol. 69(1), pages 121-129, October.
    2. Helmut A. Abt, 2012. "A publication index that is independent of age," Scientometrics, Springer;Akadémiai Kiadó, vol. 91(3), pages 863-868, June.
    3. Egghe, L., 2008. "Examples of simple transformations of the h-index: Qualitative and quantitative conclusions and consequences for other indices," Journal of Informetrics, Elsevier, vol. 2(2), pages 136-148.
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