Compute h-index trajectory over time

Computes the evolution of the h-index across years using citation data exported from Scopus.

Usage

h_index(data, start_year = NULL, end_year = NULL, h = 0)

Arguments

data

A tidy data frame created by clean_scopus().

start_year

Optional starting year for the analysis. Defaults to the earliest citation year available.

end_year

Optional ending year for the analysis. Defaults to the latest citation year available.

h

Initial h-index value (default = 0).

Value

A data frame with two columns:

Year

Citation year

H

Computed h-index

Details

The function computes cumulative citations over time and evaluates the h-index iteratively for each year.

Author

Jose V. Die