G-index
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- The correct title of this article is g-index. The initial letter is shown capitalized due to technical restrictions.
The g-index is an index for quantifying the scientific productivity of physicists and other scientists based on their publication record. It was suggested in 2006 by Leo Egghe.
The index is calculated based on the distribution of citations received by a given researcher's publications.
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- Given a set of articles ranked in decreasing order of the number of citations that they received, the g-index is the (unique) largest number such that the top g articles received (together) at least g2 citations.
This index is very similar to the h-index, and attempts to address its shortcomings.
[edit] References
- Egghe, L. (2006) Theory and practice of the g-index, Scientometrics, vol. 69, No 1, pp. 131-152.
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