A relation between h-index and impact factor in the power-law model

Authors:
Leo Egghe;Liming Liang;Ronald Rousseau
Affiliations:
Hasselt University, Agoralaan, 3590 Diepenbeek, Belgium;Institute for Science, Technology, and Society, Henan Normal University, Xinxiang, 453002, China, and School of Humanities and Social Science, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, 116024, Chin ...;Hasselt University, Agoralaan, 3590 Diepenbeek, Belgium/ KHBO (Association K.U. Leuven), Industrial Sciences and Technology, B-8400 Oostende, Belgium/ and K.U. Leuven, Department of Mathematics, C ...
Venue:
Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology
Year:
2009

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Abstract

Using a power-law model, the two best-known topics in citation analysis, namely the impact factor and the Hirsch index, are unified into one relation (not a function). The validity of our model is, at least in a qualitative way, confirmed by real data. © 2009 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.