An axiomatic approach to bibliometric rankings and indices
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- Denis Bouyssou and Thierry Marchant (UGent)
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- Abstract
- This paper analyzes several well-known bibliometric indices using an axiomatic approach. We concentrate on indices aiming at capturing the global impact of a scientific output and do not investigate indices aiming at capturing an average impact. Hence, the indices that we study are designed to evaluate authors or groups of authors but not journals. The bibliometric indices that are studied include classic ones such as the number of highly cited papers as well as more recent ones such as the h-index and the g-index. We give conditions that characterize these indices, up to the multiplication by a positive constant. We also study the bibliometric rankings that are induced by these indices. Hence, we provide a general framework for the comparison of bibliometric rankings and indices.
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- HIRSCH-INDEX, H-INDEX, EGGHES G-INDEX, SCIENTIFIC IMPACT INDEXES, SCHOLARLY INFLUENCE, INDICATOR, VARIANTS, VALIDATION, FAMILY, OUTPUT, Bibliometric ranking, Bibliometric index, h-Index, g-Index, Axiomatization
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Please use this url to cite or link to this publication: http://hdl.handle.net/1854/LU-4413742
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- Bouyssou, Denis, and Thierry Marchant. “An Axiomatic Approach to Bibliometric Rankings and Indices.” JOURNAL OF INFORMETRICS, vol. 8, no. 3, 2014, pp. 449–77, doi:10.1016/j.joi.2014.03.001.
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- Bouyssou, D., & Marchant, T. (2014). An axiomatic approach to bibliometric rankings and indices. JOURNAL OF INFORMETRICS, 8(3), 449–477. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joi.2014.03.001
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- Bouyssou, Denis, and Thierry Marchant. 2014. “An Axiomatic Approach to Bibliometric Rankings and Indices.” JOURNAL OF INFORMETRICS 8 (3): 449–77. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joi.2014.03.001.
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- Bouyssou, Denis, and Thierry Marchant. 2014. “An Axiomatic Approach to Bibliometric Rankings and Indices.” JOURNAL OF INFORMETRICS 8 (3): 449–477. doi:10.1016/j.joi.2014.03.001.
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- 1.Bouyssou D, Marchant T. An axiomatic approach to bibliometric rankings and indices. JOURNAL OF INFORMETRICS. 2014;8(3):449–77.
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- [1]D. Bouyssou and T. Marchant, “An axiomatic approach to bibliometric rankings and indices,” JOURNAL OF INFORMETRICS, vol. 8, no. 3, pp. 449–477, 2014.
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abstract = {{This paper analyzes several well-known bibliometric indices using an axiomatic approach. We concentrate on indices aiming at capturing the global impact of a scientific output and do not investigate indices aiming at capturing an average impact. Hence, the indices that we study are designed to evaluate authors or groups of authors but not journals. The bibliometric indices that are studied include classic ones such as the number of highly cited papers as well as more recent ones such as the h-index and the g-index. We give conditions that characterize these indices, up to the multiplication by a positive constant. We also study the bibliometric rankings that are induced by these indices. Hence, we provide a general framework for the comparison of bibliometric rankings and indices.}},
author = {{Bouyssou, Denis and Marchant, Thierry}},
issn = {{1751-1577}},
journal = {{JOURNAL OF INFORMETRICS}},
keywords = {{HIRSCH-INDEX,H-INDEX,EGGHES G-INDEX,SCIENTIFIC IMPACT INDEXES,SCHOLARLY INFLUENCE,INDICATOR,VARIANTS,VALIDATION,FAMILY,OUTPUT,Bibliometric ranking,Bibliometric index,h-Index,g-Index,Axiomatization}},
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title = {{An axiomatic approach to bibliometric rankings and indices}},
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volume = {{8}},
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