Comparison of scientists of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences and of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA on the basis of the h-index

Comparison of scientists of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences and of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA on the basis of the h-index

A new scientometric indicator, the h-index, has been recently proposed (Hirsch JE. Proc Natl Acad Sci 2005; 102: 16569-16572). The index avoids some shortcomings of the calculation of the total number of citations as a parameter to evaluate scientific performance. Although it has become known only r...

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Main Authors: R. Mugnaini, A.L. Packer, R. Meneghini
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Brasileira de Divulgação Científica 2008-04-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research
Subjects:
Scientometrics
Bibliometrics
Index h
Science evaluation
Scientific academy
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2008000400001

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