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AKSOE: Arbeitskreis Physik sozio-ökonomischer Systeme

AKSOE 4: Dynamics of Groups and Organizations II

AKSOE 4.1: Talk

Monday, February 25, 2008, 14:00–14:30, EW 203

Two case studies of the Hirsch index and some of its variants — •Michael Schreiber — Institut für Physik, Technische Universität Chemnitz

The h-index was introduced by Hirsch to quantify the impact of the publications of a scientist by measuring the number of citations. I present an analysis of two data sets, one for 8 famous physicists and another [1,2] for 26 not-so-prominent colleagues. Difficulties with the determination of the index and its interpretation are discussed. In addition the influence of self-citations is analyzed. Some variants of the index are investigated. A new modification is suggested in order to take the number of co-authors appropriately into account. By means of this new m-index it is possible to attribute the fame for multi-authored manuscripts in a fair way.

[1] M. Schreiber, EPL 78 (2007) 30002

[2] M. Schreiber, Ann. Phys. (Leipzig) 16 (2007) 640