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Mathematical Modelling
Temporal dynamics of Hirsch index
Yu. Yu. Tarasevich, T. S. Shinyaeva Astrakhan State University, Astrakhan, Russian Federation
Abstract:
We performed the analysis of the data from the Scopus database regarding temporal dynamics of $h$-index and $h_s(2015)$-index of a group of the continuously and consistently working scientists. We propose a model describing the temporal dynamics of $h$-index. Temporal dynamics of $h_s(2015)$-index demonstrates sigmoidal behaviour. The model takes into account: 1) changing the publication activity of the scientist (sigmoidal growth of number of publications at the early stages of scientific career is assumed); 2) the distribution of articles by the number of citations; 3) the dynamics of each specific article citation (typically, the number of citations at first increases and then gradually decreases). The dynamics of the $h$-index as a function of average productivity (number of articles published per year) is investigated. We used two types of citations distributions, i.e. Lotka distribution and geometric distribution. Both distributions lead to a qualitatively correct temporal dynamics of Hirsch index.
Keywords:
$h$-index; modelling.
Received: 01.06.2015
Citation:
Yu. Yu. Tarasevich, T. S. Shinyaeva, “Temporal dynamics of Hirsch index”, Vestnik YuUrGU. Ser. Mat. Model. Progr., 9:1 (2016), 32–45
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