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Meaning of h-index | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1

Definitions

An author-level metric that attempts to measure both the productivity and the citation impact of the publications of a scientist or scholar, based on a set of most cited papers and the number of citations in other publications.

Examples

“A h-index of 10 means that a researcher has published 10 papers that were cited at least ten times.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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