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Scaling the h-index for different scientific ISI fields

2007; Springer Nature (Netherlands); Volume: 73; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1007/s11192-007-1805-x

1588-2861

Juan Eugenio Iglesias, Carlos Pecharromán,

Complex Network Analysis Techniques

We propose a simple way to put in a common scale the h values of researchers working in different scientific ISI fields, so that the foreseeable misuse of this index for inter-areas comparison might be prevented, or at least, alleviated.