Authors: Alain Molinari JeanFrancois Molinari
Publish Date: 2008/03/08
Volume: 75, Issue: 2, Pages: 339-356
Abstract
We develop and discuss the theoretical basis of a new criterion for ranking scientific institutions Our novel index which is related to the hindex provides a metric which removes the size dependence We discuss its mathematical properties such as merging rules of two sets of papers and analyze the relations between the underlying rank/citationfrequency law and the hindex The proposed index should be seen as a complement to the hindex to compare the scientific production of institutions universities laboratories or journals that could be of disparate sizes
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