R package for producing beamplots as a preferred alternative to the h index when assessing single researchers (based on downloads from Web of Science)

Robin Haunschild; Lutz Bornmann; Jonathan Adams

doi:10.1007/s11192-019-03147-3

paper

R package for producing beamplots as a preferred alternative to the h index when assessing single researchers (based on downloads from Web of Science)

arXiv:1905.09095 · doi:10.1007/s11192-019-03147-3

Abstract

We propose the use of beamplots - which can be produced by using the R package BibPlots and WoS downloads - as a preferred alternative to h index values for assessing single researchers.

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