Evolutionary Biological Data Science Laboratory

k-index (Anania and Caruso)

Properties

• Metric Type: Core Metric
• Publication Focus: Core Publications
• Citation Focus: Core Citations

Description

The k-index (Anania and Caruso 2013) is a variant of the h-index, where h includes a fractional component representing the proportion of the Hirsch core citations (C^H) which are above and beyond those necessary to achieve h, making k essentially a function of h and the e-index. It can be calculated as:

$$k=h+\left(1-\frac{h^2}{C^H}\right)=h+\frac{e^2}{C^H}=h+\frac{e^2}{h^2 + e^2}.$$

k will always be between h and h+1. The authors also described a very similar metric known as the w-index (Anania and Caruso); w will always be equal to or greater than k.

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