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Rational (successive) h-indices: An application to economics in the Republic of Ireland

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We rank economics departments in the Republic of Ireland according to the number of publications, number of citations, and successive h-index of research-active staff. We increase the discriminatory power of the h 1-index by introducing three generalizations, each of which is a rational number. The first (h 1 +) measures the excess over the actual h-index, while the other two (h 1*, h 1 Δ) measures the distance to the next h-index. At the individual level, h* and h Δ coincide while h + is undefined.

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  1. Economic and Social Research Institute Whitaker Square, Sir John Rogerson’s Quay, Dublin, Ireland

    Frances Ruane & Richard S. J. Tol

  2. Department of Economics, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland

    Frances Ruane

  3. Institute for Environmental Studies, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    Richard S. J. Tol

  4. Department of Engineering and Public Policy, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, USA

    Richard S. J. Tol

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Ruane, F., Tol, R.S.J. Rational (successive) h-indices: An application to economics in the Republic of Ireland. Scientometrics 75, 395–405 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-007-1869-7

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