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Table 1 Overview of the scientific performance of three researchers

From: On the use of the h-index in evaluating chemical research

Indicator

Person 1

Person 2

Person 3

Productivity

   

  Article

143

54

43

  Editorial

1

1

4

  Letter

3

0

1

  Meeting Abstract

3

0

2

  News Item

0

2

0

  Note

12

0

1

  Proceedings Paper

26

17

40

  Review

2

2

4

Total publications

190

76

95

Number of articles, notes, proceedings papers and reviews

183

73

88

Number of publications as first author*

15

17

38

Number of publications with no co-authors*

0

5

12

Year of first publication*

1980

2001

1981

Number of years between the first publication and 2011*

32

11

31

Number of publications per year (arithmetic average*

5.9

6.9

3.2

Impact

   

Total citations**

15,192

3,796

7,828

Number of citations per publication** (arithmetic average)

83

52

89

Proportion of self-citations in total citations*

3.4%

6%

5.8%

Average percentile (median)**

15.9

6.2

8.3

h index**

54

27

38

m quotient**

1.7

2.5

1.2

Ptop 10%**

70

31

48

PPtop 10%**

39.3%

52.5%

57.8%

Ptop 10% quotient**

2.2

2.8

1.6

  1. Reproduced from Ref. [28], with kind permission.
  2. Remarks:
  3. * Based on publications of all document types.
  4. ** Based on articles, letters, reviews, notes and proceedings papers.