Bibliometric is a field of study applied to the various scientific disciplines, in recent years, thanks to the digitalization of the scientific and academic world, these data have become increasingly accessible and reliable. Unfortunately, in the scientific field there is a race for bibliometric values, and these could often be influenced by the authors themselves. After a description of what the h-hindex is, and its calculation, it is proposed to evaluate how much self-citations can influence this value. The resulting formula shows results that give us objective information on how much the h-index of a particular author has been influenced by his self-citations, the Fi-index (from Greek ϕ or phi or f), by its author. This value could also be used in the future as a bibliometric parameter and to evaluate the reliability of this value, as well as of an author.
Fi-Index: A New Method to Evaluate Authors Hirsch-Index Reliability
Fiorillo L.
2022-01-01
Abstract
Bibliometric is a field of study applied to the various scientific disciplines, in recent years, thanks to the digitalization of the scientific and academic world, these data have become increasingly accessible and reliable. Unfortunately, in the scientific field there is a race for bibliometric values, and these could often be influenced by the authors themselves. After a description of what the h-hindex is, and its calculation, it is proposed to evaluate how much self-citations can influence this value. The resulting formula shows results that give us objective information on how much the h-index of a particular author has been influenced by his self-citations, the Fi-index (from Greek ϕ or phi or f), by its author. This value could also be used in the future as a bibliometric parameter and to evaluate the reliability of this value, as well as of an author.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
