Title of article
A symmetry axiom for scientific impact indices
Author/Authors
Woeginger، نويسنده , , Gerhard J.، نويسنده ,
Issue Information
فصلنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2008
Pages
6
From page
298
To page
303
Abstract
We provide a new axiomatic characterization of the Hirsch-index. This new characterization is based on a simple and appealing symmetry axiom which essentially imposes that the number of citations and the number of publications should be treated in the same way and should be measured in the same scale.
Keywords
citation analysis , Axiomatization , Scientific impact measures
Journal title
Journal of Informetrics
Serial Year
2008
Journal title
Journal of Informetrics
Record number
1387080
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