Self-citation corrections for the Hirsch index
Europhysics Letters (EPL)Published 12 April 2007
Michael Schreiber
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Abstract
I propose to sharpen the index h, suggested by Hirsch as a useful index to characterize the scientific output of a researcher, by excluding the self-citations. Performing a self-experiment and also discussing in detail two anonymous data sets, it is shown that self-citations can significantly reduce the h index in contrast to Hirsch's expectations. This result is confirmed by an analysis of 13 further data sets.
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