Zynergy-Index
Properties
- Metric Type: Alternative Metric
- Publication Focus: All Publications
- Citation Focus: All Citations
Description
The Zynergy-Index (Prathap 2014) is a heuristic alternative to the h-index based on a thermodynamical model. It is a function of the total number of citations and publications of an author, along with the distribution of the citations across the publications as measured by fairness (η).
$$z = \sqrt[3]{\frac{\eta \left(C^P\right)^2}{P}}$$.History
| Year | z |
|---|---|
| 1997 | 0.6057 |
| 1998 | 2.4228 |
| 1999 | 4.3350 |
| 2000 | 5.5228 |
| 2001 | 6.7589 |
| 2002 | 9.2295 |
| 2003 | 11.7027 |
| 2004 | 16.2233 |
| 2005 | 19.4508 |
| 2006 | 25.3347 |
| 2007 | 29.3833 |
| 2008 | 33.8371 |
| 2009 | 36.8426 |
| 2010 | 39.2445 |
| 2011 | 43.5118 |
| 2012 | 48.4436 |
| 2013 | 50.9073 |
| 2014 | 54.1497 |
| 2015 | 56.9162 |
| 2016 | 59.5692 |
| 2017 | 62.1902 |
| 2018 | 62.7190 |
| 2019 | 65.4811 |
| 2020 | 68.3400 |
| 2021 | 70.7494 |
| 2022 | 70.7659 |
| 2023 | 73.2542 |
| 2024 | 73.9718 |
| 2025 | 74.2476 |
References
- Prathap, G. (2014) The Zynergy-Index and the formula for the h-Index. Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology 65(2):426-427.