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Epidemiologic.org

Posted: Mon Dec 04, 2006 6:25 am

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H-index Calculator of Scientist Impact and Influence
http://www.epidemiologic.org/2006/12/h-index-calculator-of-scientist-impact.html

The H-index, created by physicist Jorge Hirsch, is an index is designed
to go beyond simple statistics such as the total number of citations or
publications, to distinguish influential scientists from those who
simply publish many papers. The H-index, which accounts for both is
also not highly sensitive to single papers that have many citations.
The H-index is relatively effective in comparing researchers working in
the same scientific field, and not comparable across disciplines due to
different publishing and citation patterns.

The H-index was recently also recognized and featured in an article
published in Nature, "Index aims for fair ranking of scientists"
Nature. 2005 Aug 18;436:900, which highlighted the H-index's potential
use in informing decisions regarding a scientist's tenure, promotion,
election to scientific bodies such as the National Academy of Science,
and the Royal Society, as well as informative in determining a
scientist's impact relative to Nobel Prize laureates.

Online calculator of an individual scientist's H-index:
http://www.epidemiologic.org/2006/12/h-index-calculator-of-scientist-impact.html

John Bailey

Posted: Mon Dec 04, 2006 10:10 am

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On 4 Dec 2006 02:25:34 -0800, "Epidemiologic.org"
<epidemiologic@gmail.com> wrote:

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Testing this with the name: Doyne Farmer and various selections for
limitations and key words I got 0%, 69%, and 150% as the "scores"

Can the creator of the H-index provide a simple clarification of its
intended meaning? As it stands, it would seem highly susceptible to a
high score based on expert tweaks or conversely, an unfair reading
based on an excessively narrow selection.

Epidemiologic.org

Posted: Tue Dec 05, 2006 12:04 pm

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Read http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H-index for more information about
the H-index of scientist impact.

John Bailey wrote:

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On 4 Dec 2006 02:25:34 -0800, "Epidemiologic.org"
epidemiologic@gmail.com> wrote:

H-index Calculator of Scientist Impact and Influence
http://www.epidemiologic.org/2006/12/h-index-calculator-of-scientist-impact.html

The H-index, created by physicist Jorge Hirsch, is an index is designed
to go beyond simple statistics such as the total number of citations or
publications, to distinguish influential scientists from those who
simply publish many papers. (snip)

Testing this with the name: Doyne Farmer and various selections for
limitations and key words I got 0%, 69%, and 150% as the "scores"

Can the creator of the H-index provide a simple clarification of its
intended meaning? As it stands, it would seem highly susceptible to a
high score based on expert tweaks or conversely, an unfair reading
based on an excessively narrow selection.

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