Scholarly Influence
Posted: 13 Jun 2013 Last revised: 14 Jan 2014
Date Written: December 18, 2013
Abstract
We introduce a new class of measures of scholarly influence, which we term step-based indices. This class includes the prominent h-index, the publication count, and the i10-index. We show that the class of step-based indices is characterized by three axioms, consistency with worse scientists, consistency with better scientists, and full range. We also introduce a new index, the junior/senior-index, which combines the best features of the h-index with those of the i10-index.
Keywords: citation index, intellectual influence, h-index, i10-index, axioms
JEL Classification: A1, C71, D63
Suggested Citation: Suggested Citation
Chambers, Christopher P. and Miller, Alan D., Scholarly Influence (December 18, 2013). Journal of Economic Theory, Forthcoming, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2277553 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2277553
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