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In this discussion we show using results from Bertoli-Barsotti and Lando (Scientometrics, 2017. doi: 10.1007/s11192-017-2351-9) that the simplest formula that could be derived from using only citation and publication data seems to be the most effective ready-to-use predictor of the h-index.
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Prathap, G. Letter to the editor: comments on the paper of Lucio Bertoli-Barsotti and Tommaso Lando: a theoretical model of the relationship between the h-index and other simple citation indicators. Scientometrics 112, 1133–1136 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-017-2404-0
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