Una visión crítica del índice h: algunas consideraciones derivadas de su aplicación práctica

• Autores: Rodrigo Costas, María Bordons Gangas
• Localización: El profesional de la información, ISSN-e 1699-2407, ISSN 1386-6710, Vol. 16, Nº 5, 2007, págs. 427-432
• Idioma: español
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  • The possible use of h-index in the evaluation of individual researchers has raised great concern among policymakers and scientists themselves. Research is needed to determine the advantages and limitations of this new indicator. A study of publications in the Web of Science, 1994-2004, applied the h-index to researchers working in the natural resources area at the Spanish Council for Scientific Research (CSIC). One of the findings presented is that the h-index detected the most outstanding scientists; however, scientists who follow a selective publication strategy, publishing a relatively low number of documents that are frequently cited, could be penalized for this approach in h-index based evaluations. The authors emphasize the need to avoid the specific limitations of each indicator by combining indicators in the evaluation process.