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H-index: examples

Name H-index
Martin Cohen, Berkeley 94
Philip Anserson, Princeton 91
Edward Witten, Princeton 110
Charles K Kao (Nobel laureate, 2009) 6

Let's consider the h-index of some high ranking physicists as noted by P. Ball in Nature (Ball, 2005).

Why is Kao's index so much lower?

Kao's papers are published mainly in conference proceedings; he has published many monographs and patents. These outputs are NOT taken into consideration in the h-index calculation when you use the Web of Science.

Here is a good example of how an individual (Stephen Hawking)'s rating can vary according to the source used:

Source h-index
Web of Science 59
Scopus 18
Publish or Perish 76

Sources:

Ball, P. 2005. Index aims for fair ranking of scientists. Nature. 436, p. 900

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