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h-index

Summary

h-index is a citation index[1]. h-index ranks in the top 10% of citation_index entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,059 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • h-index's field of work was scientometrics[3].
  • h-index is credited with the discovery of Jorge E. Hirsch[4].
  • h-index's instance of is recorded as citation index[5].
  • h-index's instance of is recorded as bibliometric indicator[6].
  • h-index's instance of is recorded as author-level metrics[7].
  • h-index's Commons category is recorded as Hirsch index[8].
  • h-index's publication date is recorded as +2005-09-29T00:00:00Z[9].
  • h-index's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/09pd0m[10].
  • h-index's described by source is recorded as Open Science Thesaurus[11].
  • h-index's used by is recorded as citation analysis[12].
  • h-index's Quora topic ID is recorded as h-index[13].
  • h-index's WikiSkripta article ID is recorded as 7108[14].
  • h-index's TDKIV term ID is recorded as 000014603[15].
  • h-index's schematic is recorded as H-index plot de (erw).svg[16].
  • h-index's schematic is recorded as H-index-zh.svg[17].
  • h-index's schematic is recorded as H-index-ru.svg[18].
  • h-index's schematic is recorded as H-index-pl.svg[19].
  • h-index's schematic is recorded as H-index-id.svg[20].
  • h-index's schematic is recorded as H-index-bg.svg[21].
  • h-index's schematic is recorded as H-index-en.svg[22].
  • h-index's schematic is recorded as H-index-es.svg[23].
  • h-index's schematic is recorded as H-index-plot-uk.png[24].
  • h-index's schematic is recorded as Hirschuv index.png[25].
  • h-index's National Library of Poland MMS ID is recorded as 9810668878605606[26].
  • h-index's Namuwiki ID is recorded as h 인덱스[27].

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Career and Affiliations

h-index's field of work was scientometrics[3].

Works and Contributions

h-index is credited with the discovery of Jorge E. Hirsch[4].

Why It Matters

h-index ranks in the top 10% of citation_index entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,059 views/month).[2] h-index has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] h-index is known by 34 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

Related Entities

Open Science Thesaurus scientometrics

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . arxiv.org. arxiv.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . data.loterre.fr. Retrieved . data.loterre.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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