caa a22 4500 445348836 CHVBK 20180317142837.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170323e20110901xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s11192-011-0453-3 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s11192-011-0453-3 Central indexes to the citation distribution: a complement to the h -index [Elektronische Daten] [Pablo Dorta-González, María-Isabel Dorta-González] The citation distribution of a researcher shows the impact of their production and determines the success of their scientific career. However, its application in scientific evaluation is difficult due to the bi-dimensional character of the distribution. Some bibliometric indexes that try to synthesize in a numerical value the principal characteristics of this distribution have been proposed recently. In contrast with other bibliometric measures, the biases that the distribution tails provoke, are reduced by the h-index. However, some limitations in the discrimination among researchers with different publication habits are presented in this index. This index penalizes selective researchers, distinguished by the large number of citations received, as compared to large producers. In this work, two original sets of indexes, the central area indexes and the central interval indexes, that complement the h-index to include the central shape of the citation distribution, are proposed and compared. Akadémiai Kiadó, Budapest, Hungary, 2011 h -index nationallicence Citation analysis nationallicence Bibliometric indexes nationallicence Research career evaluation nationallicence Dorta-González Pablo Departamento de Métodos Cuantitativos en Economía y Gestión, Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Gran Canaria, Spain aut Dorta-González María-Isabel Departamento de Estadística, Investigación Operativa y Computación, Universidad de La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain aut Scientometrics Springer Netherlands 88/3(2011-09-01), 729-745 0138-9130 88:3<729 2011 88 11192 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-011-0453-3 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-011-0453-3 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Dorta-González Pablo Departamento de Métodos Cuantitativos en Economía y Gestión, Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Gran Canaria, Spain aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Dorta-González María-Isabel Departamento de Estadística, Investigación Operativa y Computación, Universidad de La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Scientometrics Springer Netherlands 88/3(2011-09-01), 729-745 0138-9130 88:3<729 2011 88 11192 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer