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On the correction of the h-index for career length

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We describe mathematically the age-independent version of the h-index, defined by Abt (Scientometrics 91(3):863–868, 2012) and explain when this indicator is constant with age. We compare this index with the one where not the h-index is divided by career length but where all citation numbers are divided by career length and where we then calculate the new h-index. Both mathematical models are compared. A variant of this second method is by calculating the h-index of the citation data, divided by article age. Examples are given.

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  1. Universiteit Hasselt (UHasselt), Campus Diepenbeek, Agoralaan, 3590, Diepenbeek, Belgium

    L. Egghe

  2. Universiteit Antwerpen (UA), IBW, Stadscampus, Venusstraat 35, 2000, Antwerpen, Belgium

    L. Egghe

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Egghe, L. On the correction of the h-index for career length. Scientometrics 96, 563–571 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-012-0926-z

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