An absolute index (Ab-index) to measure a researcher's useful contributions and productivity.

ABSTRACT: Bibliographic analysis has been a very powerful tool in evaluating the effective contributions of a researcher and determining his/her future research potential. The lack of an absolute quantification of the author's scientific contributions by the existing measurement system hampers the decision-making process. In this paper, a new metric system, Absolute index (Ab-index), has been proposed that allows a more objective comparison of the contributions of a researcher. The Ab-index takes into account the impact of research findings while keeping in mind the physical and intellectual contributions of the author(s) in accomplishing the task. The Ab-index and h-index were calculated for 10 highly cited geneticists and molecular biologist and 10 young researchers of biological sciences and comp

SUBMITTER: Biswal AK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3877305 | biostudies-literature | 2013

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature