Comprehensive Amendment and Research on h Index: htop Index
Yu Liping1, 2, Wang Zuogong2, and Zhang Zaijie2
1. Zhejiang Gongshang University, Hangzhou 310018; 2. Guizhou University of Finance and Economics, Institute of Green Development Strategy in Western China, Guiyang 550025
Abstract To avoid defects of the h index, which include decreased importance of highly cited papers, greater impact from downloads of papers, and low discrimination, this paper proposes the htop index, which uses the h index divided by the logarithm of downloads and multiplied by the proportion of highly cited papers. It is shown that the htop index is a great bibliometric indicator that is suitable for defining the time ranges of assessed objectives in the basis of the CNKI database and CSSCI library. Further efforts to revise the htop index may help solve the issue of cooperation between the author and measure and to generalize the htop index as a bibliometric indicator.
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