1
B.Sc. , University of St. Gallen, Library, Dufourstrasse
2
Research Centre Juelich, Central Library
Abstract
Traditional bibliometric indicators are only partially suitable for evaluating the scientific achievements of individual people. They are either notdefinitive or they are too complicated to use due to technical and methodological difficulties. There is still no definite evidence for thecorrelation between the citation rate (CPP) and the H-Index. In order to obtain a reliable assessment of what the relation is between the H-Index andthe citation rate, we performed a study on 30 relevant scientists from the disciplines of "particle physics" and "neurology". The foregoing discussionson the different correlations revealed that the form and degree of correlation do not just vary considerably between the individual comparisons but alsoamongst the disciplines. In both disciplines, the correlation between the citation rate CPP and the H-Index was relatively low. We also found varyingdegrees of correlation here.
Ruch,S. and Ball,R. (2010). Various Correlations between the H-Index and Citation Rate (CPP) in Neuroscience and Quantum Physics: New Findings. International Journal of Information Science and Management (IJISM), 8(1), 1-19.
MLA
Ruch,S. , and Ball,R. . "Various Correlations between the H-Index and Citation Rate (CPP) in Neuroscience and Quantum Physics: New Findings", International Journal of Information Science and Management (IJISM), 8, 1, 2010, 1-19.
HARVARD
Ruch S., Ball R. (2010). 'Various Correlations between the H-Index and Citation Rate (CPP) in Neuroscience and Quantum Physics: New Findings', International Journal of Information Science and Management (IJISM), 8(1), pp. 1-19.
CHICAGO
S. Ruch and R. Ball, "Various Correlations between the H-Index and Citation Rate (CPP) in Neuroscience and Quantum Physics: New Findings," International Journal of Information Science and Management (IJISM), 8 1 (2010): 1-19,
VANCOUVER
Ruch S., Ball R. Various Correlations between the H-Index and Citation Rate (CPP) in Neuroscience and Quantum Physics: New Findings. IJISM, 2010; 8(1): 1-19.
