Detecting h-index manipulation through self-citation analysis

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dc.contributor.authorBartneck, Christoph
dc.contributor.authorKokkelmans, S.
dc.date.accessioned2019-11-28T22:36:01Z
dc.date.available2019-11-28T22:36:01Z
dc.date.issued2011en
dc.date.updated2019-04-11T02:43:04Z
dc.description.abstractThe h-index has received an enormous attention for being an indicator that measures the quality of researchers and organizations. We investigate to what degree authors can inflate their h-index through strategic self-citations with the help of a simulation. We extended Burrell’s publication model with a procedure for placing self-citations, following three different strategies: random self-citation, recent self-citations and h-manipulating self-citations. The results show that authors can considerably inflate their h-index through self-citations. We propose the q-index as an indicator for how strategically an author has placed self-citations, and which serves as a tool to detect possible manipulation of the h-index. The results also show that the best strategy for an high h-index is publishing papers that are highly cited by others. The productivity has also a positive effect on the h-index.en
dc.identifier.citationBartneck C, Kokkelmans S (2011). Detecting h-index manipulation through self-citation analysis. Scientometrics. 87(1). 85-98.en
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-010-0306-5
dc.identifier.issn0138-9130
dc.identifier.issn1588-2861
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10092/17715
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherSpringer Natureen
dc.rightsThis article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial License which permits any noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author(s) and source are credited.en
dc.subjecth-Indexen
dc.subjectSelf-citationen
dc.subjectManipulationen
dc.subjectq-Indexen
dc.subjectSimulationen
dc.subject.anzsrcFields of Research::49 - Mathematical sciences::4905 - Statistics::490510 - Stochastic analysis and modellingen
dc.titleDetecting h-index manipulation through self-citation analysisen
dc.typeJournal Articleen
uc.collegeFaculty of Engineering
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