h-index, h-type Indices, and the Role of Corrected Quality Ratio

Title & Authors
h-index, h-type Indices, and the Role of Corrected Quality Ratio
Tahira, Muzammil; Alias, Rose Alinda; Bakri, Arayti; Shabri, Ani;

Abstract
This study examines the foremost concerns related to most noted research performance index. The most popular and widely acceptable h-index underestimates the highly visible scientist, the middle order group, due to citation distribution issues. The study addresses this issue and uses 'Corrected Quality Ratio' (CQ) to check the implicit underpinnings as evident in h-index. CQ helps to incorporate the aspects of a good research performance indicator. This simple revision performs more intimately and logically to gauge the broader research impact for all groups and highly visible scientists with less statistical error.
Keywords
Scientometric;Research Performance Evaluation;Corrected Quality Ratio;h-index;H';h-cpp;g-index;R-index;A-index;m-index;$\small{q^2}$-index;
Language
English
Cited by
1.
Meso-level institutional and journal related indices for Malaysian engineering research, Scientometrics, 2016, 107, 2, 521
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