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We propose a simple way to put in a common scale the h values of researchers working in different scientific ISI fields, so that the foreseeable misuse of this index for inter-areas comparison might be prevented, or at least, alleviated.
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Iglesias, J.E., Pecharromán, C. Scaling the h-index for different scientific ISI fields. Scientometrics 73, 303–320 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-007-1805-x
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