The Rn-index: a more accurate variant of the Rk-index
Abstract
The contribution to pushing the boundaries of knowledge is a critical metric for evaluating the research performance of countries and institutions, which in many cases is not revealed by common bibliometric indicators. The Rk-index was specifically designed to assess such contributions, and the Rn-index is a variant that corrects the weakness of the Rk-index, particularly in the evaluation of countries that produce a high proportion of global advancements. This is the case of the USA and China in many technological fields. Additionally, the Rn-index is simple to calculate and understand, as it involves only summing the ratios between the local and global ranks of papers, ordered by their citation count. Moreover, the Rn-index may also be fractionally counted.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2411.18161,
title = {The Rn-index: a more accurate variant of the Rk-index},
author = {Alonso Rodriguez-Navarro},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2411.18161},
year = {2024}
}
Comments
6 pages; 2 figures; 4 tables