International Journal of Information Science and Management

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Vol 8,  No 1,  ISSN 1726-8125, 2010

Various Correlations between the H-Index and Citation Rate (CPP) in Neuroscience and Quantum Physics: New Findings

S. RUCH, B.Sc. , University of St. Gallen, Library, Dufourstrasse email: Sandra.Ruch@unisg.ch

R. BALL, Ph.D. , Research Centre Juelich, Central Library Corresponding Author: rafael.ball@bibliothek.uni-regensburg.de

Abstract

Traditional bibliometric indicators are only partially suitable for evaluating the scientific achievements of individual people. They are either not
definitive or they are too complicated to use due to technical and methodological difficulties. There is still no definite evidence for the
correlation 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 and
the citation rate, we performed a study on 30 relevant scientists from the disciplines of "particle physics" and "neurology". The foregoing discussions
on the different correlations revealed that the form and degree of correlation do not just vary considerably between the individual comparisons but also
amongst the disciplines. In both disciplines, the correlation between the citation rate CPP and the H-Index was relatively low. We also found varying
degrees of correlation here.

Keywords : H-Index, Scientometrics, Evaluation, Bibliometrics.