The h-index is an author-level metric that attempts to measure both the productivity and citation impact of the publications of a scientist or scholar. The index is based on the set of the scientist's most cited papers and the number of citations that they have received in other publications. I want to know that in what way it will help a researcher ?
Higher h-index can pave the way for receiving research funds, being recruited for an academic job, improving your scientific promotion, etc.
It used for proper estimation of researchers and their scientific activities.
Through publication of hot-topic research articles on higher indexed journal, you can increase your h-index.
https://www.researchgate.net/post/What_are_the_values_of_calculating_h-index_for_the_researcher
It is a real parameter of researchers activities especially total numbers of publications and citations.
Hindex numbers provide reasonably good information for the excellent work consistency of researchers.
For example, I currently have 8 Hindex (excluding self-quotes). This means that each of the eight has been cited at least eight times in my treatise. However, none of my publications (one author's treatise) states that there are 33 citations. The other author's treatises have been cited 26 times, joint papers have been cited 30 times, and so on. I expect 2020 Hindex to be 10 times (excluding self-quotes).
To have a relatively high Hindex, the average citation rate per treatise is about the same as the Hindex value.
So
We do not compensate for unpaid treatises. While some researchers can spend several years on research treatises, other researchers in the same field produce several treatises in the same period. The latter group can have a much higher hintex for more treatises.
Does not distinguish between one author's treatise and multiple author's treatises. Another prank on the definition.
Does not distinguish between citations and actual developments of the subject, review papers and books. The latter two are generally the majority of people. This is why people with books and review papers generally have a lot of people and potentially high hints (but not always).
It is impossible to compare Hindex for researchers in other areas of human knowledge.
You can use self-quoting to increase the number of posterior words using artificial methods that are not ethically sound. This is why many prestigious institutions are only considering hindex. Exclude self-citations. Their argument is simple. Your own research is evaluated when it is recognized by others.
The h index is the minimum number of citations, which equals the number of your articles.
The metric provides a comparative score, can be used by students, universities, or industries.
Your factual interpretation is entirely correct to me, Sadegh Biabanifard ; the issues that Shubham Pritam alludes to are some things that I have noticed also in my own organisation. It seems people are inflating their own appearance of worth by misusing the h index; use it to make themselves look good without recognition by others, which is really what it is intended for.
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