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SOE: Fachverband Physik sozio-ökonomischer Systeme

SOE 4: Social Systems, Opinion and Group Dynamics I

SOE 4.3: Talk

Monday, March 31, 2014, 15:45–16:00, HSZ 03

On the time evolution of the Hirsch index: inertia versus predictabiliy — •Michael Schreiber — Institut für Physik, Technische Universität Chemnitz, 09107 Chemnitz, Germany

The h-index can be used as a predictor of itself. However, the evolution of the h-index with time is shown in the present investigation to be dominated for several years by citations to previous publications rather than by new scientific achievements. This inert behaviour of the h-index raises questions, whether the h-index can be used profitably in academic appointment processes or for the allocation of research resources.