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Eminence of scientists in the light of the h-index and other scientometric indicators

Chemical Research Center, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary, pvinkler{at}chemres.hu

Scientometrics cannot offer a simple consistent method for measuring the scientific eminence of individuals. The h-index method introduced by Hirsch was found applicable for evaluating publications of senior scientists with similar publishing features, only. Some simple methods — using the number of citations and journal papers, and the number of citations obtained by the most frequently cited papers — are suggested and tested to demonstrate the advantages and disadvantages of such indexes. The results indicate that calculating scientometric indexes for individuals, self-citations should be excluded and the effect of the different bibliometric features of the field should be taken into account. The correctness of the indexes used for evaluating journal papers of individuals should be investigated also on the individual level.

Key Words: Hirsch index • eminence of scientists • bibliometric indicators • quality of information

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