On the Robustness of the h-index: a mathematical approach

Jean-Michel Courtault (1) , Naïla Hayek (2)

1 CEPN - Centre d'Economie de l'Université Paris Nord (ancienne affiliation)
2 Marin Mersenne - Pour les Mathématiques, l'Informatique et l'Interdisciplinarité

The h-index is an index recently proposed by Hirsch (2005) to measure scientific achievement by individual scholars. It is a compound measure of publications and citations. We show the robustness of this index. This means that h-index increases with both the number of publications and the number of citations only when these numbers are significant.

Mots clés: robustness; bibliometry; h-index

Domaines: Economies et finances

Jean-Michel Courtault, Naïla Hayek. On the Robustness of the h-index: a mathematical approach. Economics Bulletin, 2008, 3 (78), pp.1-9. ⟨halshs-00446309⟩