--- Pierre Azoulay <[email protected]> wrote:
> I am trying to calculate the so-called h index for a large number of
> scientists. The h index of a scientist and the highest integer h such
> that the scientist has h papers cited at least h times.
sort scientist_id
by scientist_id: egen hcites = max(nbcites)
by scientist_id: gen harticles = _N
gen h = max(h_cites, h_articles)
Hope this helps,
Maarten
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Maarten L. Buis
Department of Social Research Methodology
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Boelelaan 1081
1081 HV Amsterdam
The Netherlands
visiting address:
Buitenveldertselaan 3 (Metropolitan), room Z434
+31 20 5986715
http://home.fsw.vu.nl/m.buis/
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