Soil science and the h index

Budiman Minasny; Alfred Hartemink; Alex McBratney

doi:10.1007/s11192-007-1811-z

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Volume/Issue:: Volume 73: Issue 3

Soil science and the h index

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Budiman Minasny

Budiman Minasny Faculty of Agriculture, Food & Natural Resources, The University of Sydney, JRA McMillan Building A05, NSW 2006, Sydney, Australia

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Alfred Hartemink

Alfred Hartemink ISRIC — World Soil Information, Wageningen, The Netherlands

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Alex McBratney

Alex McBratney Faculty of Agriculture, Food & Natural Resources, The University of Sydney, JRA McMillan Building A05, NSW 2006, Sydney, Australia

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Pages:: 257–264

Online Publication Date:: 04 Aug 2007

Publication Date:: 01 Dec 2007

Article Category:: Research Article

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-007-1811-z

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Abstract

Soil science is a relatively young and specialised field of science. This note discusses the use of the h index as a scientific output measure in soil science. We explore the governing factors of h index in soil science: the number of soil scientists, the number of papers published, the average number of citations, and the age of the scientist. We found the average relationship between h index and scientific age for soil science: h = 0.7 t. The h index for soil science is smaller than other major science disciplines but norms for h need to be established

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