Sanderson, M. (Submitted: 2008) Revisiting h measured on UK LIS and IR academics. Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology (JASIST), 59 (7). pp. 1184-1190.
Abstract
A brief communication appearing in this journal ranked UK LIS and (some) IR academics by their h-index using data derived from Web of Science. In this brief communication, the same academics were re-ranked, using other popular citation databases. It was found that for academics who publish more in computer science forums, their h was significantly different due to highly cited papers missed by Web of Science; consequently their rank changed substantially. The study was widened to a broader set of UK LIS and IR academics where results showed similar statistically significant differences. A variant of h, hmx, was introduced that allowed a ranking of the academics using all citation databases together.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2008 ASIS&T. This is an author prodcued version of the published paper. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's sefl-archiving poilcy. |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Social Sciences (Sheffield) > Information School (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Repository Officer |
Date Deposited: | 16 Sep 2008 13:17 |
Last Modified: | 08 Feb 2013 16:56 |
Published Version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/asi.20771 |
Status: | Published |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1002/asi.20771 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:4579 |