An index to quantify an individual's scientific research output — mentioned by yungchin

Wed, 04 Apr 2012 12:20:02 GMT

It's still surprising that arxiv is that high up. You'd think most people would cite the definitive publications, not the preprints at arxiv? Anyway, given that in some fields _everything_ that's written goes to arxiv, arxiv will [by definition][1] have a very high h-index. The thing is, the h-index was conceived to compare individuals, not journals. [1]: http://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0508025

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An index to quantify an individual's scientific research output — mentioned by yungchin