Scientific Impact Vitality: The Citation Currency Ratio and Citation Currency Exergy Indicators

Publication and impact measures for individual scientists are used worldwide for various purposes such as funding, promotion, and consequently, the development of such indicators comprises a fertile research area. In this article,we propose two simple citation-based indicators, a dimensionless citation currency ratio (CCR) and a size-dependent citation currency exergy (CCX) which are noncumulative indicators measuring current citation performance. These help to identify scientists who are at different stages of their career, with rising, steady, or fading visibility. Using a small-scale coherent sample of scientists from DLPB, Google Scholar and the recently published so-called Stanford list [8], we demonstrate the applicability of these ideas and show that our methods provide substantial promise for future use.

Authors and Affiliations

1. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam Technological University, Thiruvananthapuram, 695016 Kerala, India

   Gangan Prathap

2. Institute of Computer Science & Digital Innovation, UCSI University, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

   Gangan Prathap

3. Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, University of Thessaly, 38221 Volos, Greece

   Dimitrios Katsaros

4. School of Pure & Applied Sciences, Open University of Cyprus, 2210 Nicosia, Cyprus

   Yannis Manolopoulos

5. Department of Informatics, Aristotle University, 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece

   Yannis Manolopoulos

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Gangan Prathap .

Editors and Affiliations

1. Open University of Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus

   Yannis Manolopoulos

2. Information Management Systems Institute, Marousi, Greece

   Thanasis Vergoulis

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