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Brief Communication
Using the h-index to rank influential information scientistss
Article first published online: 2 MAY 2006
DOI: 10.1002/asi.20354
Copyright © 2006 Wiley Periodicals, Inc., A Wiley Company
Issue
Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology
Volume 57, Issue 9, pages 1275–1278, July 2006
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How to Cite
Cronin, B. and Meho, L. (2006), Using the h-index to rank influential information scientistss. J. Am. Soc. Inf. Sci., 57: 1275–1278. doi: 10.1002/asi.20354
Publication History
- Issue published online: 9 JUN 2006
- Article first published online: 2 MAY 2006
- Manuscript Revised: 24 OCT 2005
- Manuscript Accepted: 24 OCT 2005
- Manuscript Received: 27 SEP 2005
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Abstract
The authors apply a new bibliometric measure, the h-index (Hirsch, 2005), to the literature of information science. Faculty rankings based on raw citation counts are compared with those based on h-counts. There is a strong positive correlation between the two sets of rankings. It is shown how the h-index can be used to express the broad impact of a scholar's research output over time in more nuanced fashion than straight citation counts.