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The influence of missing publications on the Hirsch index
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Abstract
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| We show that usually the influence on the Hirsch index of missing highly cited articles is much smaller than the number of missing articles. This statement is shown by a combinatorial argument. We further show, by using a continuous power law model, that the influence of missing articles is largest when the total number of publications is small, and non-existing when the number of publications is very large. The same conclusion can be drawn for missing citations. Hence, the h-index is resilient to missing articles and to missing citations. |
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Language
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English
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Source (journal)
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Journal of informetrics. - Amsterdam
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Publication
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Amsterdam
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2007
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ISSN
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1751-1577
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1
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(2007)
, p. 2-7
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ISI
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000253974300002
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