Bibliometrics

    Bibliometrics is a type of research used in library and information science. It utilises quantitative analysis and statistics to describe patterns of publication within a given field or body of literature. Researchers may use bibliometric methods of evaluation to determine the influence of a single writer, for example, or to describe the relationship between two or more writers or works. 

    H-Index

    The h-index is an index that attempts to measure both the productivity and impact of the published work of a scientist or scholar. The index is based on the set of the scientist's most cited papers and the number of citations that they have received in other publications. While you can look up an h-index with Web of Science of Scopus withing their native interface, you have to download additional tools to use Google Scholar to look up h-indices. 

    For example, a h-index of 20 means that the researcher has 20 papers, each of which has been cited 20+ times. An alternative to total citations which can be disproportionately affected by a few very highly cited papers. 

    The index can also be applied to the productivity and impact of a group of scientists, such as a department or university or country. The index was suggested by Jorge E. Hirsch, you can find the paper here. 

    Where to start:

    H-index based on Web of Science

    Web of Science h-index

    H-index based on Google Scholar

    Google Scholar h-index

    Looking up h-index and/or citations based on Google Scholar is mostly done by 'Harzing's Publish or Perish'. You have to download the program, install it, and then run your searches. 

    You can also download a browser extension called Scholarometer. Scholarometer works as a browser extension to Chrome and as a Sidebar add-on to Firefox. 

    H-index based on Scopus

    Scopus h-index

    ISI Journal Citation Reports (JCR)

    The two editions of the JCR provide data (e.g., Journal Impact Factors) for nearly 5.000 science and 1.700 social sciences journals. It may be used for journal evaluation and selection, NOT for research evaluation. 

    The following ISI websites provide additional information:

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