Qualifying Scholarly Impact using an iCX (impact-Citations-Exergy) Analysis

  • Gangan Prathap
Keywords: Scientometrics, quality, iCX analysis, h-index, impact-Citations-Exergy

Abstract

A scholarly ‘index of quality and productivity’ (IQp) was proposed as a better alternative to the h-index. This was intended to overcome some of the limitations of the h-index. Other recent studies have shown that an indicator called the performance index (p-index) can also effectively combine size and quality of scientific papers. The curious structure of the p-index led to an energy-like term, X = iC = Pi2 = C.(C/P), where, P is the number of papers, and i is a proxy for quality Q = C/P. The energy assessment technique (iCX audit for impact-Citations-Exergy) which emerges from this is seen to be a quick and simple tool for visualising the quality and productivity (size or quantity) of a scientist’s oeuvre.

http://dx.doi.org/10.14429/djlit.31.5.1196

Published
2011-09-02
How to Cite
Prathap, G. (2011). Qualifying Scholarly Impact using an iCX (impact-Citations-Exergy) Analysis. DESIDOC Journal of Library & Information Technology, 31(5). https://doi.org/10.14429/djlit.31.5.1196
Section
Special Issue on Visualising Libraries