A theoretical evaluation of Hirsch-type bibliometric indicators confronted with extreme self-citation

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Highlights：

• Extreme self-citation is used to test the theoretical response of h-index variants to manipulation.

• Algorithmic implementation of the h-index and of its variants is offered in the R software.

• All bibliometric indicators prove vulnerable to manipulation but to different degrees.

• Elite set indicators – π, w, h(2) – prove more resilient than the h-index while indicators that emphasize productivity prove less robust.

• Time-dependent variants prove useful in detecting potentially manipulative citation practices.

摘要

•Extreme self-citation is used to test the theoretical response of h-index variants to manipulation.•Algorithmic implementation of the h-index and of its variants is offered in the R software.•All bibliometric indicators prove vulnerable to manipulation but to different degrees.•Elite set indicators – π, w, h(2) – prove more resilient than the h-index while indicators that emphasize productivity prove less robust.•Time-dependent variants prove useful in detecting potentially manipulative citation practices.

论文关键词：h-Index variants,Bibliometric indicators,Self-citation,Manipulation,Research evaluation

论文评审过程：Received 29 February 2016, Revised 12 April 2016, Accepted 14 April 2016, Available online 3 May 2016, Version of Record 3 May 2016.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joi.2016.04.010