An empirical and theoretical critique of the Euclidean index

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Highlights：

• The Euclidean index is compared to basic units, simple and complex indicators.

• The Euclidean index does not provide novel information, or more robust.

• It performs author ranking authors slightly more robustly than h-index based indicators.

• Ranking of individuals is strongly discouraged.

摘要

Highlights•The Euclidean index is compared to basic units, simple and complex indicators.•The Euclidean index does not provide novel information, or more robust.•It performs author ranking authors slightly more robustly than h-index based indicators.•Ranking of individuals is strongly discouraged.

论文关键词：Citation analysis,Evaluative bibliometrics,Euclidean index,h-Index,Micro-level bibliometrics,Author evaluation,Indicator validation,Indicator stability

论文评审过程：Received 15 December 2016, Revised 25 February 2017, Accepted 26 February 2017, Available online 6 March 2017, Version of Record 6 March 2017.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joi.2017.02.009