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A Hirsch-type index for journals

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We suggest that a h-type index - equal to h if you have published h papers, each of which has at least h citations - would be a useful supplement to journal impact factors.

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  1. Information Science and Scientometrics Research Unit (ISSRU), Institute for Research Policy Studies, Hungarian Academy of Science; Institute of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry, Loránd Eötvös University s, P. O. Box 123, H-1443 Budapest 70, Hungary; Budapest (Hungary)

    Tibor Braun

  2. Steunpunt O&O Statistieken, Faculteit E.T.E.W., Steunpunt O&O Statistieken, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Dekenstraat 2 Leuven (Belgium), B-3000, Leuven

    Wolfgang Glänzel

  3. ISSRU/Institute for Science Policy Research, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Nádor u. 18, H-1051 Budapest, Hungary, Budapest

    András Schubert

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Braun, T., Glänzel, W. & Schubert, A. A Hirsch-type index for journals. Scientometrics 69, 169–173 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-006-0147-4

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