The Hirsch-Index – the art of quotation

The Center for Art and Media (ZKM | Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie) in Karlsruhe presents an exhibition with the title:

The Hirsch–Index
“The Art of Quotation”
http://on1.zkm.de/zkm/stories/storyReader$7679
October 22, 2011 – April 29, 2012

The Hirsch index (also called h-index or Hirsch factor) is named after the author J. E. Hirsch who proposed to use a new citation based impact indicator. It is very easy to determine by using the Web of Science.

Find out more:

Hirsch JE: An index to quantify an individual’s scientific research output
PNAS 102 (46): 16569-16572 NOV 15 2005
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16275915

Der Hirsch-Index (by IVS-BM)
http://www.biochem.mpg.de/en/facilities/ivs/Dokumente/Hirsch_Index_dt.pdf