Does the h-index for ranking of scientists really work?

Authors: Bornmann, Lutz¹; Daniel, Hans-Dieter²

Source: Scientometrics, Volume 65, Number 3, December 2005 , pp. 391-392(2)

Publisher: Springer

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Abstract:

<Para OutputMedium="All">Hirsch (2005) has proposed the h-index as a single-number criterion to evaluate the scientific output of a researcher (Ball, 2005): A scientist has index h if h of his/her N_p papers have at least h citations each, and the other (N_p - h) papers have fewer than h citations each. In a study on committee peer review (Bornmann & Daniel, 2005) we found that on average the h-index for successful applicants for post-doctoral research fellowships was consistently higher than for non-successful applicants.</Para>

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11192-005-0281-4

Affiliations: 1: Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETH Zurich), Professorship for Social Psychology and Research on Higher Education, Zähringerstr. 24, CH-8092, Zurich, Switzerland, 2: University of Zurich, Evaluation Office, Zurich, Switzerland,

Publication date: 2005-12-01