The R- and AR-indices: Complementing the h-index Export

@article{jin07r, abstract = {Abstract Based on the foundation laid by the h-index we introduce and study the R- and AR-indices. These new indices eliminate some of the disadvantages of the h-index, especially when they are used in combination with the h-index. The R-index measures the h-core's citation intensity, while AR goes one step further and takes the age of publications into account. This allows for an index that can actually increase and decrease over time. We propose the pair (h, AR) as a meaningful indicator for research evaluation. We further prove a relation characterizing the h-index in the power law model.}, author = {Jin, Bihui and Liang, Liming and Rousseau, Ronald and Egghe, Leo}, citeulike-article-id = {2273601}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11434-007-0145-9}, day = {17}, doi = {10.1007/s11434-007-0145-9}, journal = {Chinese Science Bulletin}, keywords = {ar-index, g-index, h-index, r-index}, month = {March}, number = {6}, pages = {855--863}, posted-at = {2008-01-22 12:51:30}, priority = {0}, title = {The {R}- and {AR}-indices: Complementing the h-index}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11434-007-0145-9}, volume = {52}, year = {2007} }

TY - JOUR ID - jin07r L3 - citeulike-article-id:2273601 N2 - Abstract Based on the foundation laid by the h-index we introduce and study the R- and AR-indices. These new indices eliminate some of the disadvantages of the h-index, especially when they are used in combination with the h-index. The R-index measures the h-core’s citation intensity, while AR goes one step further and takes the age of publications into account. This allows for an index that can actually increase and decrease over time. We propose the pair (h, AR) as a meaningful indicator for research evaluation. We further prove a relation characterizing the h-index in the power law model. IS - 6 JF - Chinese Science Bulletin EP - 863 TI - The {R}- and {AR}-indices: Complementing the h-index VL - 52 SP - 855 KW - ar-index KW - g-index KW - h-index KW - r-index AU - Jin, Bihui AU - Liang, Liming AU - Rousseau, Ronald AU - Egghe, Leo PY - 2007/03/17/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11434-007-0145-9 ER -