hg-index
The hg-index (Alonso et al. 2010) is an aggregate index which tries to keep the advantages of both the h-index and g-index while minimizing their disadvantages. The index is simply the geometric mean of h and g, or
$$hg=\sqrt{h \times g}.$$History
| Year | hg |
|---|---|
| 1997 | 1.0000 |
| 1998 | 3.0000 |
| 1999 | 4.2426 |
| 2000 | 6.7082 |
| 2001 | 8.4853 |
| 2002 | 10.2470 |
| 2003 | 13.7840 |
| 2004 | 17.3205 |
| 2005 | 20.4939 |
| 2006 | 24.0000 |
| 2007 | 27.2213 |
| 2008 | 29.3428 |
| 2009 | 32.8634 |
| 2010 | 35.7071 |
| 2011 | 39.2428 |
| 2012 | 42.3320 |
| 2013 | 45.2327 |
| 2014 | 46.6476 |
| 2015 | 48.4252 |
| 2016 | 49.1426 |
| 2017 | 50.8920 |
| 2018 | 52.6783 |
| 2019 | 53.0283 |
| 2020 | 54.0925 |
| 2021 | 55.5068 |
| 2022 | 58.6856 |
| 2023 | 59.7495 |
| 2024 | 60.7947 |
References
- Alonso, S., F.J. Cabrerizo, E. Herrera-Viedma, and F. Herrera (2010) hg-index: A new index to characterize the scientific outpuf of researchers based on the h- and g-indices. Scientometrics 82:391–400.