An index to quantify an individual's scientific research output that takes into account the effect of multiple coauthorship

Abstract

I propose the index $\hslash$ ("hbar"), defined as the number of papers of an individual that have citation count larger than or equal to the $\hslash$ of all coauthors of each paper, as a useful index to characterize the scientific output of a researcher that takes into account the effect of multiple coauthorship. The bar is higher for $\hslash$.

A few minor changes from v1. To be published in Scientometrics

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