Google Scholar is one of the most popular services for searching scientific publications and analyzing their impact. As in other databases, in Google Scholar each user can calculate his/her own scientometric indicators, the key role among which is played by the citation index. Since citation in academic research is an important indicator of scientific activity and reputation of a scientist.
What is a citation index?
The citation index is an important tool for evaluating a scientist's scholarly activity and determining the impact of his or her work.
A citation index can be calculated for an individual researcher, journal, research institute or university.
There are several different citation indexes, and each has its own characteristics and methods of calculation. Google Scholar uses such citation indices as the h-index and i10-index.
Hirsch index (h-index)
The H-index is the most common citation index. It measures the scholarly activity and influence of a researcher or author of scientific articles. It is calculated based on the number of publications and the number of citations of each publication
Example: If a researcher has an h-index of 10, it means that he/she has 10 publications, each of which has been cited at least 10 times.
I10-index (i10-index)
The i10-index is the number of publications of an author that have been cited at least 10 times. The i10-index takes more into account the author's activity and the number of his/her publications that have received some attention in the scientific community.
Example: If a researcher has an i10-index of 15, it means that he/she has 15 publications, each of which has been cited at least 10 times.
Features and Differences of Google Scholar:
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Open Access. Google Scholar provides free access to most scholarly publications, making it accessible to a large audience of researchers and students.
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Wide range of scholarly works. Google Scholar indexes more sources of scholarly information (scholarly journals, conferences, preprints, dissertations, and more) than some other databases such as Web of Science or Scopus.
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Automatic indexing. Google Scholar automatically indexes new articles and updates citation data to provide up-to-date information about the impact of publications.
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