caa a22 4500 445348623 CHVBK 20180317142837.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170323e20110701xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s11192-011-0364-3 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s11192-011-0364-3 Are the h -index and some of its alternatives discriminatory of epistemological beliefs and methodological preferences of faculty members? The case of social scientists in Quebec [Elektronische Daten] [Mathieu Ouimet, Pierre-Olivier Bédard, François Gélineau] This exploratory study aims at answering the following research question: Are the h-index and some of its derivatives discriminatory when applied to rank social scientists with different epistemological beliefs and methodological preferences? This study reports the results of five Tobit and two negative binomial regression models taking as dependent variable the h-index and six of its derivatives, using a dataset combining bibliometric data collected with the PoP software with cross-sectional data of 321 Quebec social scientists in Anthropology, Sociology, Social Work, Political Science, Economics and Psychology. The results reveal an epistemological/methodological effect making positivists and quantitativists globally more productive than constructivists and qualitativists. The Author(s), 2011 Research performance nationallicence Epistemology nationallicence Individual researchers nationallicence Social sciences nationallicence h -index nationallicence Cross-sectional survey nationallicence Google Scholar nationallicence Publish or Perish nationallicence Ouimet Mathieu Department of Political Science, Université Laval, Pavillon Charles-De Koninck, bur. 4453, G1V 0A6, Cité Universitaire, QC, Canada aut Bédard Pierre-Olivier Department of Political Science, Université Laval, Pavillon Charles-De Koninck, bur. 4453, G1V 0A6, Cité Universitaire, QC, Canada aut Gélineau François Department of Political Science, Université Laval, Pavillon Charles-De Koninck, bur. 4453, G1V 0A6, Cité Universitaire, QC, Canada aut Scientometrics Springer Netherlands 88/1(2011-07-01), 91-106 0138-9130 88:1<91 2011 88 11192 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-011-0364-3 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-011-0364-3 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Ouimet Mathieu Department of Political Science, Université Laval, Pavillon Charles-De Koninck, bur. 4453, G1V 0A6, Cité Universitaire, QC, Canada aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Bédard Pierre-Olivier Department of Political Science, Université Laval, Pavillon Charles-De Koninck, bur. 4453, G1V 0A6, Cité Universitaire, QC, Canada aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Gélineau François Department of Political Science, Université Laval, Pavillon Charles-De Koninck, bur. 4453, G1V 0A6, Cité Universitaire, QC, Canada aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Scientometrics Springer Netherlands 88/1(2011-07-01), 91-106 0138-9130 88:1<91 2011 88 11192 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer