Citations to highly-cited researchers by their co-authors and their self-citations: How these factors affect highly-cited researchers' h-index in Scopus

The h-index is one of the recent indicators in the field of scientometric which introduced by Jorge Hirsch and measures both the productivity and impact of scholars' work. It has been widely used to show the relevance of the research work of prominent scholars. But, does h-index really show thi...

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Main Authors: Leila Dehghani, Reza Basirian Jahromi, Mazyar Ganjoo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Webology Center 2011-12-01
Series:Webology
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Online Access:http://www.webology.org/2011/v8n2/a91.html