A Population-Modulated Bibliometric Measure with an Application in the Field of Statistics

34 Pages Posted: 31 Jul 2009

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John Panaretos

Athens University of Economics and Business

Chrisovaladis C. Malesios

affiliation not provided to SSRN

Date Written: July 29, 2009

Abstract

We use Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) to derive a unifying measure of comparison of scientists based on bibliometric measurements, by utilizing the h-index, some similar h-type indices as well as other common measures of scientific performance. We use a real data example from nine well-known Departments of Statistics (Berkeley, Carnegie Mellon, Chicago, Duke, Harvard, Minnesota, Oxford, Stanford and Washington) to demonstrate our approach and argue that our combined measure results in a better overall evaluation of a researchers’ scientific work.

Keywords: citation metrics, research output, h-index, h-type indices, Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA), highly cited researchers

Suggested Citation

Panaretos, John and Malesios, Chrisovaladis C., A Population-Modulated Bibliometric Measure with an Application in the Field of Statistics (July 29, 2009). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1440805 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1440805

John Panaretos (Contact Author)

Athens University of Economics and Business ( email )

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Chrisovaladis C. Malesios

affiliation not provided to SSRN ( email )

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