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H-Index and Its Variants: A Critical Analysis

H-Index and Its Variants: A Critical Analysis

Copyright: © 2019 |Pages: 52
ISBN13: 9781522559450|ISBN10: 1522559450|ISBN13 Softcover: 9781522588207|EISBN13: 9781522559467
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-5945-0.ch005
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Zahid Ashraf Wani and Tazeem Zainab. "H-Index and Its Variants: A Critical Analysis." Scholarly Content and Its Evolution by Scientometric Indicators: Emerging Research and Opportunities, IGI Global, 2019, pp.115-166. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-5945-0.ch005

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Z. Wani & T. Zainab (2019). H-Index and Its Variants: A Critical Analysis. IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-5945-0.ch005

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Zahid Ashraf Wani and Tazeem Zainab. "H-Index and Its Variants: A Critical Analysis." In Scholarly Content and Its Evolution by Scientometric Indicators: Emerging Research and Opportunities. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2019. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-5945-0.ch005

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Abstract

Researchers suggest that the use of h-index for the purpose of the evaluation of research performance, its dependencies like the academic career, and the subject field of his/her publications should always be considered and taken into account for fruitful results. Also, h-index should be complemented with its variants to reduce its shortcomings. In the future, researchers should focus on testing the validity and applicability of the existing h-index variants rather than developing the new ones. Further, it is not possible to reflect the scientist's or researcher's academic contribution merely in terms of numerical values. The quantities to signify research quality should be considered with a grain of salt.

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