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S-index (h-mixed synthetic index)

The S-index (Ye 2010) is an h-mixed synthetic index which combines multiple metrics together into a single value. It is calculated as

$$S=100\log_{10}\left(h \times C/P\right),$$

where C/P is the mean number of citations per publication.

History

YearS
1997-47.7121
199854.4068
1999116.6331
2000144.4937
2001167.2098
2002196.5501
2003222.5210
2004241.9557
2005260.1439
2006280.2222
2007294.0542
2008306.1425
2009318.3586
2010323.1799
2011332.9598
2012343.3290
2013346.7195
2014351.9299
2015355.9791
2016359.0354
2017364.3070
2018364.7045
2019367.2050
2020370.7225
2021374.7834
2022375.8727
2023378.6481
2024378.4826

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