Petersen, Alexander M.; Succi, Sauro - In: Journal of Informetrics 7 (2013) 4, pp. 823-832
We present a simple generalization of Hirsch's h-index, Z≡h2+C/5, where C is the total number of citations. Z is aimed at correcting the potentially excessive penalty made by h on a scientist's highly cited papers, because for the majority of scientists analyzed, we find the excess citation...