Bibliometrics for Internet Media: Applying the h-Index to YouTube

The h-­‐index can be a useful metric for evaluating a person’s output of Internet media. Here we advocate and demonstrate adaption of the h-­‐index and the g-­‐index to the top video content creators on YouTube. The h-­‐index for Internet video media is based on videos and their view counts. The index h is defined as the number of videos with ≥ h×105 views. The index g is defined as the number of videos with ≥ g×105 views on average. When compared to a video creator’s total view-­‐count, the h-­‐index and g-­‐index better capture both productivity and impact in a single metric.