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A rationale for the relation between the citer h-index and the classical h-index of a researcher

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  • L. Egghe

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

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The citer h-index of a researcher (introduced by Ajiferuke and Wolfram) was found to have a strong linear relationship with the h-index of this researcher. This finding of Franceschini, Maisano, Perotti and Proto also revealed, experimentally, that the slope of this straight line (passing through the origin) is strictly larger than one. In this paper we present a rationale for this empirical result of this author on the relation between the h-index before and after a transformation of the citation data.

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  • L. Egghe, 2013. "A rationale for the relation between the citer h-index and the classical h-index of a researcher," Scientometrics, Springer;Akadémiai Kiadó, vol. 94(3), pages 873-876, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:scient:v:94:y:2013:i:3:d:10.1007_s11192-012-0770-1
    DOI: 10.1007/s11192-012-0770-1
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    1. Isola Ajiferuke & Dietmar Wolfram, 2010. "Citer analysis as a measure of research impact: library and information science as a case study," Scientometrics, Springer;Akadémiai Kiadó, vol. 83(3), pages 623-638, June.
    2. 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.
    3. Fiorenzo Franceschini & Domenico Maisano & Anna Perotti & Andrea Proto, 2010. "Analysis of the ch-index: an indicator to evaluate the diffusion of scientific research output by citers," Scientometrics, Springer;Akadémiai Kiadó, vol. 85(1), pages 203-217, October.
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