Restricting the h-index to a citation time window: A case study of a timed Hirsch index
arXiv:1412.5050 · doi:10.1016/j.joi.2014.12.005
Abstract
The h-index has been shown to increase in many cases mostly because of citations to rather old publications. This inertia can be circumvented by restricting the evaluation to a citation time window. Here I report results of an empirical study analyzing the evolution of the thus defined timed h-index in dependence on the length of the citation time window.
arXiv comment6 pages, 4 figures
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