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New exploratory work of evaluating a researcher’s output

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  • Junping Qiu

    (Wuhan University)

  • Ruimin Ma

    (Wuhan University)

  • Ni Cheng

    (Wuhan University)

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SCI has been popular all over the world since it was published by Garfield in 1963. Researches on evaluating a researcher’s output with SCI have always been continuous. In recent years, a great breakthrough has been made since the h-index was put forward in 2005. In this paper, we also advance a new method — Paper Quality Index (PQI) to evaluate the output of a researcher. The main purpose of our method is to solve two problems that consist in the method of h-index: one is that the h-index can’t compare the outputs of researchers in different fields; the other is that it is unsuitable for evaluating the outputs of young researchers. A simple mathematical expression is constructed to eliminate the difference of citation among different fields and makes the evaluation of short-term outputs of researchers possible.

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  • Junping Qiu & Ruimin Ma & Ni Cheng, 2008. "New exploratory work of evaluating a researcher’s output," Scientometrics, Springer;Akadémiai Kiadó, vol. 77(2), pages 335-344, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:scient:v:77:y:2008:i:2:d:10.1007_s11192-008-1782-8
    DOI: 10.1007/s11192-008-1782-8
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