What does an h-index tell you?

The h index is a metric for evaluating the cumulative impact of an author’s scholarly output and performance; measures quantity with quality by comparing publications to citations. The h index corrects for the disproportionate weight of highly cited publications or publications that have not yet been cited.

How do I know my h-index?

The h-index is calculated by counting the number of publications for which an author has been cited by other authors at least that same number of times. For instance, an h-index of 17 means that the scientist has published at least 17 papers that have each been cited at least 17 times.

How do you increase your h-index?

Boosting Your H-Index

1. Collaborate with more mature researchers. Research has shown that papers with famous first authors get more citations.
2. Choose your journal carefully.
3. Publish Open Access.
4. Think about your audience.
5. Network, network, network.
6. Work on your writing.
7. Show up on social media.

How do I see my h-index?

Web of Science

1. Enter the name of the author in the top search box (e.g. Smith JT). Select Author from the drop-down menu on the right.
2. Click on Search.
3. Click on Citation Report on the right hand corner of the results page. The H-index is on the right of the screen.

How do you calculate h index?

Calculate Your h-index. To manually calculate your h-index, organize articles in descending order, based on the number of times they have been cited (see below example). Web of Science, Scopus, and Google Scholar can also be used to calculate an h-index for that particular citation-tracking database.

How do you find h index?

To find an author’s h-index in WOS: Enter the name of the author in the top search box (e.g. Smith JT). Select Author from the drop-down menu on the right. Click on Search Click on Citation Report on the right hand corner of the results page. The H-index is on the right of the screen.

How is h index calculated?

List all your published articles in a table.

For each article gather the number it has been cited.

Rank the papers by the number of times they have been cited.

The h-index can now be inferred by finding the entry at which the rank in the list is greater than the number of citations.

What do we know about the h index?

Abstract. Disciplines differ in their authorship and citation practices,thus discipline-specific h- index norms are desirable.

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