Soil science and the index

@article{citeulike:2468537, abstract = {Abstract\ \ Soil science is a relatively young and specialised field of science. This note discusses the use of the h index as a scientific output measure in soil science. We explore the governing factors of h index in soil science: the number of soil scientists, the number of papers published, the average number of citations, and the age of the scientist. We found the average relationship between h index and scientific age for soil science: h = 0.7 t. The h index for soil science is smaller than other major science disciplines but norms for h need to be established}, author = {Minasny, Budiman and Hartemink, Alfred and Mcbratney, Alex }, citeulike-article-id = {2468537}, doi = {10.1007/s11192-007-1811-z}, journal = {Scientometrics}, keywords = {bibliometrics, factor, impact, index}, month = {December}, number = {3}, pages = {257--264}, posted-at = {2008-03-05 01:30:38}, priority = {2}, title = {Soil science and the index}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11192-007-1811-z}, volume = {73}, year = {2007} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:2468537 L3 - citeulike-article-id:2468537 TI - Soil science and the index JF - Scientometrics VL - 73 IS - 3 SP - 257 EP - 264 N2 - Abstract  Soil science is a relatively young and specialised field of science. This note discusses the use of the h index as a scientific output measure in soil science. We explore the governing factors of h index in soil science: the number of soil scientists, the number of papers published, the average number of citations, and the age of the scientist. We found the average relationship between h index and scientific age for soil science: h = 0.7 t. The h index for soil science is smaller than other major science disciplines but norms for h need to be established KW - bibliometrics KW - factor KW - impact KW - index AU - Minasny, Budiman AU - Hartemink, Alfred AU - Mcbratney, Alex PY - 2007/12// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11192-007-1811-z ER -