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A Modification to Hirsch Index Allowing Comparisons across Different Scientific Fields


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The Hirsch index (h-index) was introduced by physicist Jorge E. Hirsch in 2005, originally to determine the ‘quality’ of theoretical physicists by citation counts of their publications. Since then, the h-index has been used as a measure of the scientific proficiency of scholars in various scientific disciplines, university departments, scientific journals, etc.
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Jiri Mazurek
Department of Informatics and Mathematics, School of Business Administration in Karvina, Karvina, Czech Republic

Abstract


The Hirsch index (h-index) was introduced by physicist Jorge E. Hirsch in 2005, originally to determine the ‘quality’ of theoretical physicists by citation counts of their publications. Since then, the h-index has been used as a measure of the scientific proficiency of scholars in various scientific disciplines, university departments, scientific journals, etc.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.18520/cs%2Fv114%2Fi11%2F2238-2239