A citation index bridging Hirsch's h and Egghe's g

Abstract

We propose a citation index $\nu$ (``nu'') and show that it lies between the classical $h$-index and $g$-index. This idea is then generalized to a monotone parametric family $({\nu }_{\alpha })$ ($\alpha \ge 0$), whereby $h={\nu }_0$ and $\nu ={\nu }_1$, while the limiting value ${\nu }_{\infty }$ is expressed in terms of the maximum citation.

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