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Bibliometrics for Internet media: Applying the h‐index to YouTube

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The h‐index can be a useful metric for evaluating a person's output of Internet media. Here I advocate and demonstrate adaption of the h‐index and the g‐index to the top video content creators on YouTube. The h‐index for Internet video media is based on videos and their view counts. The h‐index is defined as the number of videos with ≥h × 105 views. The g‐index is defined as the number of videos with ≥g × 105 views on average. When compared with a video creator's total view count, the h‐index and g‐index better capture both productivity and impact in a single metric.

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  • Robert Hovden, 2013. "Bibliometrics for Internet media: Applying the h‐index to YouTube," Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, Association for Information Science & Technology, vol. 64(11), pages 2326-2331, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:jamist:v:64:y:2013:i:11:p:2326-2331
    DOI: 10.1002/asi.22936
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    1. Kakushadze, Zura, 2016. "An index for SSRN downloads," Journal of Informetrics, Elsevier, vol. 10(1), pages 9-28.
    2. Sylvain Béal & Sylvain Ferrières & Eric Rémila & Phillippe Solal, 2016. "An axiomatization of the iterated h-index and applications to sport rankings," Working Papers 2016-11, CRESE.
    3. Angel Meseguer-Martinez & Alejandro Ros-Galvez & Alfonso Rosa-Garcia & Jose Antonio Catalan-Alarcon, 2019. "Online video impact of world class universities," Electronic Markets, Springer;IIM University of St. Gallen, vol. 29(3), pages 519-532, September.

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