Journal of Mathematical Sciences: Advances and ApplicationsAuthor's: Hoang Pham
Pages: [1] - [15]
Received Date: May 9, 2023
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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.18642/jmsaa_7100122281
This paper introduces a new index, called ACR-index, to measure an
individual’s scientific research output based on their
publications, by taking the age, number of citations and rank of each
paper published into account. The paper presents several real author
examples to illustrate the proposed ACR-index and compare it to
several related indices such as h-index, g-index, and
i10-index. We believe that the proposed index provides a
realistic measure that reflects the researchers’ impacts and
their research accomplishments in the field especially to early- and
mid-career researchers. It should be noted that the two researchers
who have the same h-index will unlikely have the same ACR-index
since it depends on the paper’s-age, citations and rank of each
publication.
Based on a small (a couple of dozen individuals) sample size, we
observe that in the science and engineering field, on average,
ACR-index scores between 8-12 seem common for assistant professors,
and that individuals who have ACR index of 30 after 10 years of
research activity characterize outstanding researchers; and those with
ACR index of 60 after 30 years characterize unique outstanding
researchers.
ACR-index, citations, article’s age, h-index, g-index.
