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The h-index and the Harmonic Mean

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Abstract

The Harmonic Mean between the number of papers and the citation number per paper is proposed as a simple single-value index to quantify an individual's research output. Two simple comparisons with the Hirsch h-index are performed.

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@article{arxiv.2010.00639,
  title  = {The h-index and the Harmonic Mean},
  author = {Massimo Germano},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2010.00639},
  year   = {2020}
}

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