| Title |
The h’-Index, Effectively Improving the h-Index Based on the Citation Distribution
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|---|---|
| Published in |
PLOS ONE, April 2013
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| DOI | 10.1371/journal.pone.0059912 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Chun-Ting Zhang |
| Abstract |
Although being a simple and effective index that has been widely used to evaluate academic output of scientists, the h-index suffers from drawbacks. One critical disadvantage is that only h-squared citations can be inferred from the h-index, which completely ignores excess and h-tail citations, leading to unfair and inaccurate evaluations in many cases. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 11 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 3 | 27% |
| United States | 1 | 9% |
| New Zealand | 1 | 9% |
| Brazil | 1 | 9% |
| Peru | 1 | 9% |
| Belgium | 1 | 9% |
| Ireland | 1 | 9% |
| Unknown | 2 | 18% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 7 | 64% |
| Scientists | 3 | 27% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | 9% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 49 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Spain | 1 | 2% |
| Colombia | 1 | 2% |
| United States | 1 | 2% |
| Unknown | 46 | 94% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Professor > Associate Professor | 8 | 16% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 7 | 14% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 5 | 10% |
| Student > Master | 4 | 8% |
| Student > Bachelor | 3 | 6% |
| Other | 13 | 27% |
| Unknown | 9 | 18% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Social Sciences | 8 | 16% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 7 | 14% |
| Computer Science | 5 | 10% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 3 | 6% |
| Business, Management and Accounting | 3 | 6% |
| Other | 13 | 27% |
| Unknown | 10 | 20% |