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. 2009 Apr;17(4):145–154. doi: 10.1007/BF03086237

Figure 4 .

Figure 4

Explanation of the Hirsch (h)-index. ‘C’: total number of citations; ‘a’: constant which is between 3 and 5 according to empirical analysis. ‘h’: number of papers with citation number higher or equal to h. See text, but also reference 12 for further explanation.