Abstract
The p-index was introduced as a mock h-index. However, the p-index does not recognize the citation distribution as it accounts for only two dimensions: size P, the count of papers and impact i, the specific citation impact. The z-index became a three-dimensional version by considering the third dimension of the problem: the unevenness of the citation distribution. Here, we identify four normalized citation based indicators: h/P, p/P, z/P and i/P as simple and intuitive dimensionless citation indicators where h is the Hirsch h-index, p and z-indices are those introduced subsequently 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: Is the h-index a mock compromise between the p-index and the z-index?. Scientometrics 126, 4537–4539 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-021-03928-9
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-021-03928-9