Scholarly influence

We introduce a new class of measures of scholarly influence, which we term step-based indices. This class includes the prominent h-index, the publication count, and the i10-index. We show that the class of step-based indices is characterized by two axioms, consistency with worse scientists and consi...

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Published in:Journal of economic theory 2014-05, Vol.151, p.571-583
Main Authors: Chambers, Christopher P., Miller, Alan D.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Axiomatization
Axioms
Citation index
Class
Consistency
Counting
Documents
Economic behaviour
Economic models
Economic theory
Economics
h-Index
Hirsch index
i10-Index
Indexes
Intellectual influence
Measurement
Measurement techniques
Scientists
Studies
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Summary:We introduce a new class of measures of scholarly influence, which we term step-based indices. This class includes the prominent h-index, the publication count, and the i10-index. We show that the class of step-based indices is characterized by two axioms, consistency with worse scientists and consistency with better scientists. We also introduce a new index, the junior/senior-index, which is a step-based index that combines the best features of the h-index with those of the i10-index.
ISSN:0022-0531
1095-7235
DOI:10.1016/j.jet.2014.01.001