caa a22 4500 445348062 CHVBK 20180317142835.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170323e20110401xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s11192-010-0306-5 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s11192-010-0306-5 Detecting h -index manipulation through self-citation analysis [Elektronische Daten] [Christoph Bartneck, Servaas Kokkelmans] The h-index has received an enormous attention for being an indicator that measures the quality of researchers and organizations. We investigate to what degree authors can inflate their h-index through strategic self-citations with the help of a simulation. We extended Burrell's publication model with a procedure for placing self-citations, following three different strategies: random self-citation, recent self-citations and h-manipulating self-citations. The results show that authors can considerably inflate their h-index through self-citations. We propose the q-index as an indicator for how strategically an author has placed self-citations, and which serves as a tool to detect possible manipulation of the h-index. The results also show that the best strategy for an high h-index is publishing papers that are highly cited by others. The productivity has also a positive effect on the h-index. The Author(s), 2010 h -Index nationallicence Self-citation nationallicence Manipulation nationallicence q -Index nationallicence Simulation nationallicence Bartneck Christoph Department of Industrial Design, Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, The Netherlands aut Kokkelmans Servaas Department of Physics, Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, The Netherlands aut Scientometrics Springer Netherlands 87/1(2011-04-01), 85-98 0138-9130 87:1<85 2011 87 11192 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-010-0306-5 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-010-0306-5 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Bartneck Christoph Department of Industrial Design, Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, The Netherlands aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Kokkelmans Servaas Department of Physics, Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, The Netherlands aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Scientometrics Springer Netherlands 87/1(2011-04-01), 85-98 0138-9130 87:1<85 2011 87 11192 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer