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Based on two large data samples from ISI databases, the author evaluated the Hirsch model, the Egghe-Rousseau model, and the Glänzel-Schubert model of the h-index. The results support the Glänzel-Schubert model as a better estimation of the h-index at both journal and institution levels. If h c , h p and h pc stand for the Hirsch estimation, Egghe-Rousseau estimation, and Glänzel-Schubert estimation, respectively, then an inequality h p < h ∼ h pc < h c holds in most cases.
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Ye, F.Y. An investigation on mathematical models of the h-index. Scientometrics 81, 493–498 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-008-2169-6
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