Levene, Mark and Fenner, Trevor and Bar-Ilan, J. (2012) A bibliometric index based on the complete list of cited Publications. International Journal of Scientometrics, Informetrics and Bibliometrics 16 (1), ISSN 1137-5019.
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Abstract
We propose a new index, the j-index, which is defined for an author as the sum of the square roots of the numbers of citations to each of the author’s publications. The idea behind the j-index it to remedy a drawback of the h-index - that the h-index does not take into account the full citation record of a researcher. The square root function is motivated by our desire to avoid the possible bias that may occur with a simple sum when an author has several very highly cited papers. We compare the j-index to the h-index, the g-index and the total citation count for three subject areas using several association measures. Our results indicate that that the association between the j-index and the other indices varies according to the subject area. One explanation of this variation may be due to the proportion of citations to publications of the researcher that are in the h-core. The j-index is not an h-index variant, and as such is intended to complement rather than necessarily replace the h-index and other bibliometric indicators, thus providing a more complete picture of a researcher’s achievements.
Metadata
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Keyword(s) / Subject(s): | h-index, g-index, j-index |
| School: | Birkbeck Faculties and Schools > Faculty of Science > School of Computing and Mathematical Sciences |
| Research Centres and Institutes: | Birkbeck Knowledge Lab |
| Depositing User: | Sarah Hall |
| Date Deposited: | 16 May 2013 09:24 |
| Last Modified: | 13 Apr 2025 20:04 |
| URI: | https://eprints.bbk.ac.uk/id/eprint/6781 |
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