An Index to Quantify an Individual's Scientific Research Output. Hirsch, J. E. 102(46):16569–16572.
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I propose the index h, defined as the number of papers with citation number $>$ or = h, as a useful index to characterize the scientific output of a researcher.
@article{hirschIndexQuantifyIndividual2005,
  title = {An Index to Quantify an Individual's Scientific Research Output},
  author = {Hirsch, J. E.},
  date = {2005-09},
  journaltitle = {Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences},
  volume = {102},
  pages = {16569--16572},
  issn = {0027-8424},
  doi = {10.1073/pnas.0507655102},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0507655102},
  abstract = {I propose the index h, defined as the number of papers with citation number {$>$} or = h, as a useful index to characterize the scientific output of a researcher.},
  archivePrefix = {arXiv},
  eprint = {physics/0508025},
  eprinttype = {arxiv},
  keywords = {*imported-from-citeulike-INRMM,~INRMM-MiD:c-395799,citation-metrics,h-index,publish-or-perish},
  number = {46}
}

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