H Index Scholar: the h-index for Spanish public universities´ professors of humanities and social sciences

Authors

  • Emilio Delgado-López-Cózar El profesional de la información
  • Enrique Orduña-Malea
  • Evaristo Jiménez-Contreras
  • Rafael Ruiz-Pérez

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3145/epi.2014.ene.11

Keywords:

H-Index, H Index Scholar, Google Scholar, Citation count, University professors, Public universities, Spain, Humanities, Social sciences, Bibliometrics, Scientific performance, Scientific publication.

Abstract

The H-Index Scholar is a bibliometric index that measures the productivity and scientific impact of the academic production in humanities and social sciences by professors and researchers at public Spanish universities. The methodology consisted of counting their publications and citations received in Google Scholar. The main features and characteristics of the index are explained. Despite technical and methodological problems that Google Scholar  might have as a source of information, the authors estimate that they do not affect substantially the calculated h and g indexes, probably being the error lower than 10%. The total population analyzed was 40,993 researchers, but data are displayed only for 13,518 researchers, the ones located in the first tertile of their respective areas.

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Published

2014-01-14

How to Cite

Delgado-López-Cózar, E., Orduña-Malea, E., Jiménez-Contreras, E., & Ruiz-Pérez, R. (2014). H Index Scholar: the h-index for Spanish public universities´ professors of humanities and social sciences. Profesional De La información, 23(1), 087–094. https://doi.org/10.3145/epi.2014.ene.11

Issue

Vol. 23 No. 1 (2014): Documentación audiovisual

Section

Indicadores

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