| Title |
The e-Index, Complementing the h-Index for Excess Citations
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|---|---|
| Published in |
PLOS ONE, May 2009
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| DOI | 10.1371/journal.pone.0005429 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Chun-Ting Zhang |
| Abstract |
The h-index has already been used by major citation databases to evaluate the academic performance of individual scientists. Although effective and simple, the h-index suffers from some drawbacks that limit its use in accurately and fairly comparing the scientific output of different researchers. These drawbacks include information loss and low resolution: the former refers to the fact that in addition to h(2) citations for papers in the h-core, excess citations are completely ignored, whereas the latter means that it is common for a group of researchers to have an identical h-index. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 1 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 1 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 178 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 6 | 3% |
| Spain | 4 | 2% |
| Italy | 3 | 2% |
| Germany | 2 | 1% |
| Denmark | 2 | 1% |
| India | 2 | 1% |
| Norway | 1 | <1% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | <1% |
| Mexico | 1 | <1% |
| Other | 5 | 3% |
| Unknown | 151 | 85% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 28 | 16% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 20 | 11% |
| Professor > Associate Professor | 20 | 11% |
| Student > Master | 18 | 10% |
| Professor | 15 | 8% |
| Other | 60 | 34% |
| Unknown | 17 | 10% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Computer Science | 36 | 20% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 26 | 15% |
| Social Sciences | 25 | 14% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 12 | 7% |
| Business, Management and Accounting | 11 | 6% |
| Other | 47 | 26% |
| Unknown | 21 | 12% |