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Bornmann and Leydesdorff (Scientometrics, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-018-2682-1) make an excellent case to use normalized citation based indicators instead of the h-index. In this Letter to the Editor we point out that h/P, p/P and i/P are all very simple and intuitive dimensionless citation indicators where h is the Hirsch h-index, p the performance index of Prathap, and i the value of impact as measured by the ratio of citations C to Publications P.
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Prathap, G. Letter to the editor: Dimensionless citation indicators. Scientometrics 115, 1433–1435 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-018-2736-4
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