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A new family of scientific impact measures: The generalized Kosmulski-indices

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This article introduces the generalized Kosmulski-indices as a new family of scientific impact measures for ranking the output of scientific researchers. As special cases, this family contains the well-known Hirsch-index h and the Kosmulski-index h (2). The main contribution is an axiomatic characterization that characterizes every generalized Kosmulski-index in terms of three axioms.

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  1. Warwick Business School, The University of Warwick, Coventry, CV4 7AL, UK

    Vladimir G. Deineko

  2. Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, TU Eindhoven, Eindhoven, The Netherlands

    Gerhard J. Woeginger

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Deineko, V.G., Woeginger, G.J. A new family of scientific impact measures: The generalized Kosmulski-indices. Scientometrics 80, 819–826 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-009-2130-0

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