Using the h ‐index to rank influential information scientistss

Abstract

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.

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