Table 1

Bibliometric indices for individual researchers

Bibliometric indexFormula
h indexh=number of papers with citation number >h
m quotientm=h/n, where n=number of years since first publication
g indexg=the number such that the top g papers have g2 citations cumulatively
e indexe=(total number of citations in h core – h2)1/2
hc indexhc=number of papers with citation score (Sc) greater than hc
Sc=4 * citation count/n, where n=number of years since publication
i10 indexi10=number of papers with citation count >10