The Relevance of the “h-” and “g-” Index to Economics in the Context of A Nation-Wide Research Evaluation Scheme: The New Zealand Case

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dc.contributor.authorAnderson, David L.
dc.contributor.authorTressler, John
dc.date.accessioned2013-04-22T04:40:08Z
dc.date.available2013-04-22T04:40:08Z
dc.date.copyright2013-03-25
dc.date.issued2013
dc.description.abstractThe purpose of this paper is to explore the relevance of the citation-based “h-” and “g-” indexes as a means for measuring research output in economics. This study is unique in that it is the first to utilise the “h-” and “g-”indexes in the context of a time-limited evaluation period and to provide comprehensive coverage of all academic economists in all university-based economics departments within a nation state. For illustration purposes, we have selected the New Zealand's Performance-Based Research Fund (PBRF) as our evaluation scheme. To provide a frame of reference for “h-” and “g-”index-output measures, we have also estimated research output using a number of journal-based weighting schemes. In general, our findings suggest that “h-” and “g-”index scores are strongly associated with low-powered journal ranking schemes and weakly associated with high powered journal weighting schemes. More specifically, we found the “h-” and “g-”indexes to suffer from a lack of differentiation: for example, 52 per cent of all participants received a score of zero under both measures, and 92 and 89 per cent received scores of two or less under “h-” and “g-” respectively. Overall, our findings suggest that “h-” and “g-”indexes should not be incorporated into a PBRF-like framework.en_NZ
dc.identifier.citationAnderson, D. L., & Tressler, J. (2013). The Relevance of the “h-” and “g-” Index to Economics in the Context of A Nation-Wide Research Evaluation Scheme: The New Zealand Case. Economic Papers: A journal of applied economics and policy, 32(1), 81-94.en_NZ
dc.identifier.doi10.1111/1759-3441.12026en_NZ
dc.identifier.issn0812-0439
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10289/7507
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherWiley-Blackwellen_NZ
dc.relation.isPartOfEconomic Papersen_NZ
dc.relation.ispartofEconomic Papers: A journal of applied economics and policy
dc.subject“h-” and “g-”indexesen_NZ
dc.subjectbibliometricsen_NZ
dc.subjectjournal weighting schemesen_NZ
dc.subjectPerformance-Based Research Funden_NZ
dc.subjectresearch measurementen_NZ
dc.titleThe Relevance of the “h-” and “g-” Index to Economics in the Context of A Nation-Wide Research Evaluation Scheme: The New Zealand Caseen_NZ
dc.typeJournal Articleen_NZ
pubs.begin-page81en_NZ
pubs.elements-id38616
pubs.end-page94en_NZ
pubs.issue1en_NZ
pubs.volume32en_NZ
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