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The use of bibliometrics for ranking the all‐time greatest music artists

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  • Timothy L. Urban

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This brief communication presents a novel adaptation of common bibliometric measures to provide a quantitative assessment of an artist's music catalog that incorporates both impact and productivity. Data from Billboard's weekly Hot 100™ music charts are used to rank the all‐time greatest artists. Since the sorted data are increasing in value—that is, a number 1 hit is best—a transformation is applied to provide a convex, monotonically decreasing curve. Furthermore, since conventional bibliometrics result in several artists with identical measures, metrics inspired by the multidimensional h‐ and g‐indices are used to rank the artists. We find that this approach provides a simple, yet unbiased, approach for ranking the all‐time greatest music artists.

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  • Timothy L. Urban, 2025. "The use of bibliometrics for ranking the all‐time greatest music artists," Journal of the Association for Information Science & Technology, Association for Information Science & Technology, vol. 76(6), pages 843-847, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:jinfst:v:76:y:2025:i:6:p:843-847
    DOI: 10.1002/asi.24976
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