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A Proposal on Modified g-index for Evaluating Research Performance

  • Journal of the Korean Society for Information Management
  • Abbr : JKOSIM
  • 2017, 34(3), pp.209~228
  • DOI : 10.3743/KOSIM.2017.34.3.209
  • Publisher : 한국정보관리학회
  • Research Area : Interdisciplinary Studies > Library and Information Science
  • Received : August 30, 2017
  • Accepted : September 5, 2017
  • Published : September 30, 2017

Lee, Jae Yun 1

1명지대학교

Accredited

ABSTRACT

This study suggests a new Hirsch-type composite index, ‘transposed g-index’ with a different viewpoint on h-index and g-index. From this new point of view, the axes of the graph describing the h-index and g-index are transposed so that the horizontal axis corresponds to the citation frequency threshold and the vertical axis corresponds to the number of documents. Based on this transposed graph, a new indicator transposed g-index is suggested and applied to library and information science researchers’ outcomes in Korean Citation Index database. The results show that this new index has more discriminating power than h-index and g-index, and is more sensitive to differences in quantitative aspects than quality of research. It is expected that the transposed g-index will be helpful for the multifaceted evaluation of the research outcome because it has differentiating characteristics that distinguish consistent researchers who continue to study from those who do not.

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