On the Opportunities and Limitations of the H-index

2006-01-01otherE-LIS Repository (University of Naples Federico II)180 citationsgreen

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Abstract

A new indicator for the assessment of the research performance of individual scientists was suggested by Jorge E. Hirsch in 2005. Several opportunities and limitations of this new measure are discussed.

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