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- Title
Comparison of the h index with standard bibliometric indicators to rank influential otolaryngologists in Europe and North America.
- Authors
Kulasegarah, Jeyanthi; Fenton, J. E.
- Abstract
The Hirsch ( h) index is an original and simple new bibliometric measure incorporating both quantity and quality. In this study, our aim was first to present characteristics of the statistical correlation between the h index and several standard bibliometric indicators and secondly we compared the h index between otolaryngologists from Europe and US. We used the Institute of Scientific Information (ISI) Web of Knowledge to identify citation reports from a random sample of influential editors from six otolaryngology journals: Journal of Laryngology and Otology ( n = 21), Clinical Otolaryngology ( n = 16), European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology ( n = 49), The Laryngoscope ( n = 66), Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery ( n = 15), and Archives of Otolaryngology- Head and Neck Surgery ( n = 15). The following data were gathered: Number of publications (P), total citations received by P(C), total citations received by P without self-citations (Cs), average number of citations per publication (CPP), and Hirsch index ( h). Statistical analysis was used to correlate the above data and we also compared the h index of European and North American editors. There were 182 randomly selected editors. We observed a good correlation between the h index and other standard bibliometric indicators. Using the non-parametric Mann–Whitney test, the median P between Europe and US was not statistically significant. However, the median C, CS and h were statistically significant. In conclusion, the h index is a simple yet powerful indicator as it combines productivity and impact. Overall, the US editorial panel have a higher h index.
- Subjects
EUROPE; NORTH America; H-index (Citation analysis); OTOLARYNGOLOGISTS; OTOLARYNGOLOGY; NECK surgery; HEAD surgery
- Publication
European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology, 2010, Vol 267, Issue 3, p455
- ISSN
0937-4477
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00405-009-1009-5