Bibliometrics for Internet media: Applying the h-index to YouTube

The h-index can be a useful metric for evaluating a personʹs output of Internet media. Here I advocate and demonstrate adaption of the h-index and the g-index to the top video content creators on YouTube. The h-index for Internet video media is based on videos and their view counts. The h-index is defined as the number of videos with ≥h × 105 views. The g-index is defined as the number of videos with ≥g × 105 views on average. When compared with a video creatorʹs total view count, the h-index and g-index better capture both productivity and impact in a single metric.