Empirical study of L-Sequence: The basic h-index sequence for cumulative publications with consideration of the yearly citation performance

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Highlights：

• We study L-Sequence, the basic h-index sequence for cumulative publications.

• L-Sequence is a flexible tool which can be adapted for different evaluation tasks.

• L-Sequence can reveal the development history of a research discipline.

摘要

Highlights•We study L-Sequence, the basic h-index sequence for cumulative publications.•L-Sequence is a flexible tool which can be adapted for different evaluation tasks.•L-Sequence can reveal the development history of a research discipline.

论文关键词：Bibliometrics,Citations,Research evaluation,H-index sequence

论文评审过程：Received 12 August 2013, Revised 14 February 2014, Accepted 19 March 2014, Available online 19 April 2014.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joi.2014.03.002