2005Proceedings of the National Academy of SciencesOpen access

An index to quantify an individual's scientific research output

J. E. Hirsch

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I propose the index h, defined as the number of papers with citation number > or =h, as a useful index to characterize the scientific output of a researcher.

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I propose the index h, defined as the number of papers with citation number > or =h, as a useful index to characterize the scientific output of a researcher.

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I propose the index h, defined as the number of papers with citation number > or =h, as a useful index to characterize the scientific output of a researcher.

Key concepts: Index (typography), Computer science, Statistics, Information retrieval, Data science, Mathematics, World Wide Web

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