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Ranking scientists

Digital Libraries 2015-11-06 v1 Physics and Society

Abstract

Currently the ranking of scientists is based on the hh-index, which is widely perceived as an imprecise and simplistic though still useful metric. We find that the hh-index actually favours modestly performing researchers and propose a simple criterion for proper ranking.

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@article{arxiv.1511.01545,
  title  = {Ranking scientists},
  author = {S. N. Dorogovtsev and J. F. F. Mendes},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1511.01545},
  year   = {2015}
}

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3 pages, 2 figures, the original version

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