Person

Jorge E. Hirsch

Physicist who proposed the h-index as a citation-based measure of research output.

Why this matters

Hirsch's index is a case study in how a clever score becomes career destiny.

Works

article

An Index to Quantify an Individual's Scientific Research Output

Hirsch, Jorge E. "An Index to Quantify an Individual's Scientific Research Output." *Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences* 102, no. 46 (2005): 16569-16572.

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