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Does it Matter Which Citation Tool is Used to Compare the H-Index of a Group of Highly Cited Researchers?


Does it Matter Which Citation Tool is Used to Compare the H-Index of a Group of Highly Cited Researchers?


Hadi Farhadi


Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia-Research Center for Islamic Economics and Finance (EKONIS-UKM)

Hadi Salehi


Islamic Azad University, Najafabad Branch

Melor Md Yunus


National University of Malaysia - Faculty of Education

Arezoo Aghaei Chadegani


Islamic Azad University; University Kebangsaan Malaysia

Maryam Farhadi


National University of Malaysia - UKM

Masood Fooladi


Islamic Azad University, Mobarakeh Branch

Nader Ale Ebrahim


University of Malaya - Department of Engineering Design and Manufacture, Faculty of Engineering

March 27, 2013

Australian Journal of Basic and Applied Sciences, Vol. 7, No. 4, pp. 198-202, March 2013

Abstract:     
h-index retrieved by citation indexes (Scopus, Google scholar, and Web of Science) is used to measure the scientific performance and the research impact studies based on the number of publications and citations of a scientist. It also is easily available and may be used for performance measures of scientists, and for recruitment decisions. The aim of this study is to investigate the difference between the outputs and results from these three citation databases namely Scopus, Google Scholar, and Web of Science based upon the h-index of a group of highly cited researchers (Nobel Prize winner scientist). The purposive sampling method was adopted to collect the required data. The results showed that there is a significant difference in the h-index between three citation indexes of Scopus, Google scholar, and Web of Science; the Google scholar h-index was more than the h-index in two other databases. It was also concluded that there is a significant positive relationship between h-indices based on Google scholar and Scopus. The citation indexes of Scopus, Google scholar, and Web of Science may be useful for evaluating h-index of scientists but they have some limitations as well.
Number of Pages in PDF File: 5
Keywords: h-index, Scopus, Google Scholar, Web of Science, Nobel Prize, Physics, Chemistry, Economic Sciences
JEL Classification: L11, L1, L2, M11, M12, M1, M54, Q1, O1, O3, P42, P24, P29, Q31, Q32, L17
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Date posted: June 6, 2013  

Suggested Citation

Farhadi, Hadi, Salehi, Hadi, Yunus, Melor Md, Aghaei Chadegani, Arezoo, Farhadi, Maryam, Fooladi, Masood and Ale Ebrahim, Nader, Does it Matter Which Citation Tool is Used to Compare the H-Index of a Group of Highly Cited Researchers? (March 27, 2013). Australian Journal of Basic and Applied Sciences, Vol. 7, No. 4, pp. 198-202, March 2013 . Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2259614


Does it Matter Which Citation Tool is Used to Compare the H-Index of a Group of Highly Cited Researchers? by Hadi Farhadi, Hadi Salehi, Melor Md Yunus, Arezoo Aghaei Chadegani, Maryam Farhadi, Masood Fooladi, Nader Ale Ebrahim :: SSRN

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