Scaling the h-index for different scientific ISI fields

h-Index: A review focused in its variants, computation and standardization for different scientific fields

The h-index and some related bibliometric indices have received a lot of attention from the scientific community in the last few years due to some of their good properties (easiness of computation, balance between quantity of publications and their impact and so on). Many different indicators have been developed in order to extend and overcome the drawbacks of the original Hirsch proposal. In t...

Comparison of the h-index for Different Fields of Research Using Bootstrap Methodology

An important disadvantage of the h-index is that typically it cannot take into account the specific field of research of a researcher. Usually sample point estimates of the average and median h-index values for the various fields are reported that are highly variable and dependent of the specific samples and it would be useful to provide confidence intervals of prediction accuracy. In this pape...

A modification to Hirsch index allowing comparisons across different scientific fields

The aim of this paper is to propose a simple modification to the original measure, the relative Hirsch index, which assigns each researcher a value between 0 (the bottom) and 1 (the top), expressing his/her distance to the top in a given field. By this ‘normalization’ scholars from different scientific disciplines can be compared.

Making an equality of ISI impact factors for different subject fields

The journal impact factors, published by the Institute for Scientific Information (ISI; Philadelphia, PA), are widely known and are used to evaluate overall journal quality and the quality of the papers published therein. However , when making comparisons between subject fields, the work of individual scientists and their research institutions as reflected in their articles' ISI impact factors ...

Evaluation of scientific productions of Psychology Researchers in the ISI citation system during 2013-2017: Scientific Study