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A new qualitative rating system for scientific publications and a fame index for academics
Author(s) -
Fassin Yves
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
journal of the association for information science and technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.903
H-Index - 145
eISSN - 2330-1643
pISSN - 2330-1635
DOI - 10.1002/asi.24059
Subject(s) - categorization , index (typography) , percentile , rating system , computer science , qualitative research , qualitative analysis , artificial intelligence , statistics , psychology , information retrieval , mathematics , sociology , social science , world wide web , economics , environmental economics
An innovative approach is proposed for a rating system for academic publications based on a categorization into ratings comparable to financial ratings such as Moody's and S&P ratings (AAA, AA, A, BA, BBB, BB, B, C). The categorization makes use of a variable percentile approach based on recently developed h‐related indices. Building on this categorization, a new index is proposed for researchers, the fame‐index or f 2 ‐index. This new index integrates some qualitative elements related to the influence of a researcher's articles. It better mitigates than the classic h‐index.