The Inconsistency of the h-index

被引：223

作者：

Waltman, Ludo ^{[1
]}

Van Eck, Nees Jan ^{[2
]}

机构：

[1] Leiden Univ, Ctr Sci & Technol Studies, NL-2300 AX Leiden, Netherlands

[2] Leiden Univ, Ctr Sci & Technol Studies, NL-2300 AX Leiden, Netherlands

来源：

JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR INFORMATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY | 2012年 / 63卷 / 02期

关键词：

HIGHLY CITED PAPERS; HIRSCH-INDEX; BIBLIOMETRIC INDICATORS; SCIENTIFIC IMPACT; RANKINGS;

D O I：

10.1002/asi.21678

中图分类号：

TP [自动化技术、计算机技术];

学科分类号：

0812 ;

摘要：

The h-index is a popular bibliometric indicator for assessing individual scientists. We criticize the h-index from a theoretical point of view. We argue that for the purpose of measuring the overall scientific impact of a scientist (or some other unit of analysis), the h-index behaves in a counterintuitive way. In certain cases, the mechanism used by the h-index to aggregate publication and citation statistics into a single number leads to inconsistencies in the way in which scientists are ranked. Our conclusion is that the h-index cannot be considered an appropriate indicator of a scientist's overall scientific impact. Based on recent theoretical insights, we discuss what kind of indicators can be used as an alternative to the h-index. We pay special attention to the highly cited publications indicator. This indicator has a lot in common with the h-index, but unlike the h-index it does not produce inconsistent rankings.

引用

页码：406 / 415

页数：10

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