Waltman, L.R.; Eck, N.J.P. van - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), ERIM … - 2009
The h-index is a popular bibliometric performance indicator. We discuss a fundamental problem of the h-index. We refer to this problem as the problem of inconsistency. There turns out to be a very simple bibliometric indicator that has similar properties as the h-index and that does not suffer...