Journal
JOURNAL OF INFORMETRICS
Volume 5, Issue 4, Pages 489-497Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.joi.2011.02.003
Keywords
h-Index sequence; Real career path; h-Index core
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Based on historical citation data from the ISI Web of Science, this paper introduces a methodology to automatically calculate and classify the real career h-index sequences of scientists. Such a classification is based on the convexity-concavity features of the different temporal segments of h-index sequences. Five categories are identified, namely convex, concave, S-shaped, IS-shaped and linear. As a case study, the h-index sequences of several Nobel Prize winners in Medicine, Chemistry and Economics are investigated. Two proposed factors influencing the growth of the h-index, namely the freshness of the h-index core and changes in the rank positions of papers near the h-index point are studied. It is found that the h-index core's freshness is particularly relevant to the growth of the h-index. Moreover, although in general more publications lead to an increase of the h-index, the key role is played by those papers near the h-index point. (C) 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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