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H-index

Meaning in academic english & research, with examples

nounAdvanced term

In academic english & research, h-index means: The largest number h for which a publication set contains at least h works with at least h citations each.

In Turkish: h endeksi

How it is used

Always identify the database and date used for the value.

Example sentences

  1. An h-index of eight means at least eight works have each received at least eight citations.

    Eight meets the threshold, but nine does not: fewer than nine works have nine or more citations.

  2. Her h-index differed across databases because their publication coverage differed.

    The value depends on which records are included.

Common collocations

  • calculate an h-index
  • database-specific h-index
  • citationA reference to a source in a piece of writing; also each time another publication refers to a work, counted as a measure of its influence.
  • impact factorA yearly measure of how often articles in a journal are cited on average, based on citations in one year to items published in the two previous years.

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