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Brief Communication
Revisiting h measured on UK LIS and IR academics
Article first published online: 14 MAR 2008
DOI: 10.1002/asi.20771
© 2008 ASIS&T
Issue
Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology
Volume 59, Issue 7, pages 1184–1190, May 2008
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How to Cite
Sanderson, M. (2008), Revisiting h measured on UK LIS and IR academics. J. Am. Soc. Inf. Sci., 59: 1184–1190. doi: 10.1002/asi.20771
Publication History
- Issue published online: 18 APR 2008
- Article first published online: 14 MAR 2008
- Manuscript Accepted: 3 OCT 2007
- Manuscript Revised: 16 JUL 2007
- Manuscript Received: 23 APR 2007
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Abstract
A brief communication appearing in this journal ranked UK-based LIS and (some) IR academics by their h-index using data derived from the Thomson ISI Web of Science™ (WoS). In this brief communication, the same academics were re-ranked, using other popular citation databases. It was found that for academics who publish more in computer science forums, their h was significantly different due to highly cited papers missed by WoS; consequently, their rank changed substantially. The study was widened to a broader set of UK-based LIS and IR academics in which results showed similar statistically significant differences. A variant of h, hmx, was introduced that allowed a ranking of the academics using all citation databases together.