%0 Journal Article %1 Molinari2008 %A Molinari, Jean-Francois %A Molinari, Alain %D 2008 %J Scientometrics %K kddcup16 %N 1 %P 163--174 %R 10.1007/s11192-007-1853-2 %T A new methodology for ranking scientific institutions %U http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11192-007-1853-2 %V 75 %X We extend the pioneering work of J. E. Hirsch, the inventor of the h-index, by proposing a simple and seemingly robust approach for comparing the scientific productivity and visibility of institutions. Our main findings are that i) while the h-index is a sensible criterion for comparing scientists within a given field, it does not directly extend to rank institutions of disparate sizes and journals, ii) however, the h-index, which always increases with paper population, has an universal growth rate for large numbers of papers; iii) thus the h-index of a large population of papers can be decomposed into the product of an impact index and a factor depending on the population size, iv) as a complement to the h-index, this new impact index provides an interesting way to compare the scientific production of institutions (universities, laboratories or journals).

@article{Molinari2008, abstract = {We extend the pioneering work of J. E. Hirsch, the inventor of the h-index, by proposing a simple and seemingly robust approach for comparing the scientific productivity and visibility of institutions. Our main findings are that i) while the h-index is a sensible criterion for comparing scientists within a given field, it does not directly extend to rank institutions of disparate sizes and journals, ii) however, the h-index, which always increases with paper population, has an universal growth rate for large numbers of papers; iii) thus the h-index of a large population of papers can be decomposed into the product of an impact index and a factor depending on the population size, iv) as a complement to the h-index, this new impact index provides an interesting way to compare the scientific production of institutions (universities, laboratories or journals).}, added-at = {2016-03-04T18:56:02.000+0100}, author = {Molinari, Jean-Francois and Molinari, Alain}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/27dce2c1cb3a79e781e5be1e92f89d200/asmelash}, doi = {10.1007/s11192-007-1853-2}, interhash = {c9582fb19bf4cd7effe16890c8d61965}, intrahash = {7dce2c1cb3a79e781e5be1e92f89d200}, issn = {1588-2861}, journal = {Scientometrics}, keywords = {kddcup16}, number = 1, pages = {163--174}, timestamp = {2016-03-04T18:56:02.000+0100}, title = {A new methodology for ranking scientific institutions}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11192-007-1853-2}, volume = 75, year = 2008 }