An index to quantify an individual's scientific research output

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Abstract

I propose the index h, defined as the number of papers with citation number ≥h, as a useful index to characterize the scientific output of a researcher. © 2005 by The National Academy of Sciences of the USA.

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Hirsch, J. E. (2005). An index to quantify an individual’s scientific research output. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 102(46), 16569–16572. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0507655102

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