The pure<i>h</i>-index: calculating an author’s<i>h</i>- index by taking co-authors into account
Collnet Journal of Scientometrics and Information ManagementPublished 1 December 2007
Jin-kun Wan, Ping-huan Hua, Ronald Rousseau
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A new Hirsch-type index for a scientist is introduced, denoted by hP, which takes the actual number of coauthors, and the scientist’s relative position in the byline into account.
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Abstract The article introduces a new Hirsch-type index for a scientist. This so-called pure h-index, denoted by hP, takes the actual number of coauthors, and the scientist's relative position in the byline into account. The transformation from h to hP can also be applied to the R-index, leading to the pure R-index, denoted as RP. This index takes the number of collaborators, possibly the rank in the byline and the actual number of citations into account.
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