The calculation of the single publication h index and related performances measures: A Web application based on Google Scholar data

Purpose: The single publication h index has been introduced by Schubert (2009) as the h index calculated for the list of citing publications of one single publication. Approach: In this paper, we present a Web application where the single publication h index and related performance measures (the single publication m index, h 2 lower, h 2 center, and h 2 upper) can be automatically calculated for any publication indexed by Google Scholar. Findings: The use of the application is demonstrated by means of the citation performance of two publications. Originality: To our knowledge, our Web application is the first instrument to calculate automatically the single publication h index and related performance measures based on Google Scholar data. This service is a real novelty especially from the perspective of the related performance measures.