%0 Journal Article %1 citeulike:1655551 %A Bornmann, Lutz %A Hans-Dieter, Daniel %D 2007 %E Interscience, Wiley %J JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR INFORMATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY %K h_index %N 9 %P 1381--1385 %T What Do We Know About the h Index? %U http://www.lutz-bornmann.de/icons/BornmannDanielHReview.pdf %V 58 %X Jorge Hirsch (2005a, 2005b) recently proposed the h index to quantify the research output of individual scientists. The new index has attracted a lot of attention in the scientific community. The claim that the h index in a single number provides a good representation of the scientific lifetime achievement of a scientist as well as the (supposed) simple calculation of the h index using common literature databases lead to the danger of improper use of the index. We describe the advantages and disadvantages of the h index and summarize the studies on the convergent validity of this index. We also introduce corrections and complements as well as single-number alternatives to the h index.

@article{citeulike:1655551, abstract = {Jorge Hirsch (2005a, 2005b) recently proposed the h index to quantify the research output of individual scientists. The new index has attracted a lot of attention in the scientific community. The claim that the h index in a single number provides a good representation of the scientific lifetime achievement of a scientist as well as the (supposed) simple calculation of the h index using common literature databases lead to the danger of improper use of the index. We describe the advantages and disadvantages of the h index and summarize the studies on the convergent validity of this index. We also introduce corrections and complements as well as single-number alternatives to the h index.}, added-at = {2007-11-22T18:12:11.000+0100}, author = {Bornmann, Lutz and Hans-Dieter, Daniel}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/2c0497e2c29128ca181709e3e83b8a21f/jsicot}, citeulike-article-id = {1655551}, editor = {Interscience, Wiley}, interhash = {ab6ad5f37ab06332c9c5f08119791e1c}, intrahash = {c0497e2c29128ca181709e3e83b8a21f}, journal = {JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR INFORMATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY}, keywords = {h_index}, number = 9, pages = {1381--1385}, priority = {2}, timestamp = {2007-11-22T18:12:12.000+0100}, title = {What Do We Know About the h Index?}, url = {http://www.lutz-bornmann.de/icons/BornmannDanielHReview.pdf}, volume = 58, year = 2007 }