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 Volume 10, Issue 11 (November 2023), Pages: 28-34

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 Original Research Paper

Quantifying research publication efficiency: A comparative analysis of the HY-index and the h-index

 Author(s): 

 Mohammad Salem J. Alzahrani 1, Hamdy M. Youssef 2, 3, Najat A. Alghamdi 4, *

 Affiliation(s):

 1Electronic and Communications Department, College of Engineering – Al-Leith, Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah, Saudi Arabia
 2Mathematics Department, Faculty of Education, Alexandria, Alexandria University, Egypt
 3Mechanical Engineering Department, College of Engineering and Islamic Architecture, Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah, Saudi Arabia
 4Mathematic Department, College of Applied Science, Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah, Saudi Arabia

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 * Corresponding Author. 

  Corresponding author's ORCID profile: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5796-3217

 Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

 https://doi.org/10.21833/ijaas.2023.11.004

 Abstract

Efficiently quantifying the scholarly output of researchers, scientists, academic institutions, departments, and universities is of paramount importance within academic circles. This study centers on the application of a novel index known as the HY-Index, designed to evaluate the quality of articles from various sources, with the primary aim of addressing the limitations associated with established indices, notably the widely-used h-index. We deploy the HY-Index alongside the h-index to assess the performance of the top fifty researchers affiliated with Umm Al-Qura University, using data from the Google Scholar database. Comparative analyses are conducted, and rankings based on the HY-Index and h-index are scrutinized to determine which index offers a more suitable approach for quantifying researcher efficiency. Our findings reveal that the linear trend equation of the HY-Index rank closely aligns with the linear trend equation of the citation rank, surpassing the alignment observed with the h-index rank. Additionally, the linear trend equation of the HY-Index rank exhibits greater similarity to the linear trend equation of the publications rank compared to the h-index rank. Consequently, the HY-Index provides a more precise means of assessing author quality based on both citation and publication rankings, offering a fairer measurement of author quality compared to the h-index.

 © 2023 The Authors. Published by IASE.

 This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).

 Keywords

 Researcher efficiency, HY-index, h-index, Scholarly publications, Citation analysis

 Article history

 Received 28 May 2023, Received in revised form 25 September 2023, Accepted 13 October 2023

 Acknowledgment 

No Acknowledgment.

 Compliance with ethical standards

 Conflict of interest: The author(s) declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.

 Citation:

 Alzahrani MSJ, Youssef HM, and Alghamdi NA (2023). Quantifying research publication efficiency: A comparative analysis of the HY-index and the h-index. International Journal of Advanced and Applied Sciences, 10(11): 28-34

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