tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7701757403364514168.post9123714456480994622..comments2023-10-23T11:13:35.712-04:00Comments on Games with Words: Predicting my h-indexEdwardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04295927435118827266noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7701757403364514168.post-33301671289348383252012-09-27T19:22:46.493-04:002012-09-27T19:22:46.493-04:00"Other fields" was short-hand for "..."Other fields" was short-hand for "some/many other fields"! Perhaps even "many other fields that I feel affiliated with and so care about more". <br /><br />Basically, it's heavily influenced by the citation culture and/or size of the field (big fields that cite a lot are going to have high h-indixes; small fields that are more sparing in their citations are going to have small h-indexes).<br /><br />So mathematics has an *extremely* low citation rate. I can't imagine that their h-factors are high. The life sciences and related fields tend to have high citations rates. You can <a href="http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?storycode=405789" rel="nofollow">see some numbers here</a>. The table I linked to lumps a lot of fields together and seems to leave several out in the cold (where's linguistics?), but it gives you a sense of the range.GamesWithWordshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15107067137612954306noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7701757403364514168.post-9381976194474905362012-09-27T18:26:52.271-04:002012-09-27T18:26:52.271-04:00H-index tends to be lower in other fields? The Ph...H-index tends to be lower in other fields? The Phytophactor has an h-index of 17 presently and rising. The Phytophactorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11064894836161407416noreply@blogger.com