A publication index that is independent of age

Helmut A. Abt

doi:10.1007/s11192-011-0525-4

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Volume/Issue:: Volume 91: Issue 3

A publication index that is independent of age

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Helmut A. Abt

Helmut A. Abt Kitt Peak National Observatory, Box 26732, Tucson, AZ 85726-6732, USA

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Pages:: 863–868

Online Publication Date:: 30 Sep 2011

Publication Date:: 01 Jun 2012

Article Category:: Research Article

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-011-0525-4

Keywords:: Publication indexes; Astronomy; Hirsch h-index

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Abstract

The Hirsch h-index is widely used to measure a researcher's major publications. It has the advantage of being easy to compute. However, it increases steeply with time and therefore does not allow a comparison of young and mature researchers. We find that if the h-index is divided by the number of decades since publication of the researcher's first paper, the result is statistically constant with age. Then the resulting index can be compared for young and old researchers. Its accuracy is the same as that of the h-index and is as easy to compute as the h-index.

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