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From the Author Evaluation Tools page, you can evaluate the publishing output of an author or a group of matched authors using the h-graph, Articles Published graph, and Citations graph.
To create an h-graph for multiple authors or selected documents, see h-Graph.
Note: To view the Author Evaluation tools, you must have the latest version of Adobe® Flash® Player installed and JavaScript™ enabled in your browser. See Browser Requirements and Preferences for more information.
The Author Evaluation page provides a Chart and a Data view. Each view displays h-graph, Articles Published, and Citations information. The Chart View displays the information as an interactive graph. The Data View displays the information in a table format.
From the Basic or Author search form, do the following:
Enter your author search criteria.
For a Basic Search, select Authors from the field type list, and then select Show: 
Authors.
Click Search.
At the Make Author Selection page, do one of the following:
Click on the 
Details link next to the author whose publishing output you want to evaluate. The Author Details page will display.
Select the author whose publishing output you want to evaluate, and then click 
. Either the Citation Overview or the Request Citation Tracker page will display.
| Note |
Excluding author self citations may change hirsch index scoring and Citation Overview totals for an author or a group of authors. |
From the Author Details or Citation Overview page, click 
to display the Author Evaluation Tools page.
The h-graph, on the Author Evaluation Tools page, displays the h index for selected authors. The h index is based on the highest number of papers written by the authors that have had at least the same number of citations. The h index was developed by J.E. Hirsch. Hirsch defines the h index as follows:
"A scientist has index h if h of his/her Np papers have at least h citations each, and the other (Np − h) papers have no more than h citations each."
| For Example | If an h-graph for an author has an h index of 12, it means that of the total number of documents selected to produce the graph, 12 of the documents have been cited at least 12 times. Published documents with fewer citations then h, in this case less then 12, are considered, but would not count in the h index.
The same is true for the group of selected authors. If the selected authors have an h index of 12, it means out of the total number of documents produced by the group of authors, 12 of the documents have been cited at least 12 times. |
For more information about the h index, see Hirsch, J.E. "An index to quantify an individual’s scientific research output." Department of Physics, University of California, San Diego.
The graph includes two lines: h index and the h-Line. The h index line represents the number citations received for each of the articles in descending order. The h-Line represents the number of citations equal to the number of articles.
When an h index is calculated for the authors, articles published before 1996 are not included in the graph, because complete citation information for articles published prior to 1996 is not available in Scopus.
For more information about Scopus content coverage, see the Frequently Asked Questions on the Scopus InfoSite.
The Articles Published graph displays the number of articles the authors have published in the selected years.
To view the Articles Published graph, click the Articles Published tab.
Note: Complete citation information for articles published prior to 1996 is not available in Scopus. Articles published before 1996 are not used when calculating an h-Graph, Articles Published, or Citation graph.
The Citations graph displays the number of citations the authors have received for their publications.
To view the Citation graph, click the Citations tab.
Note: Complete citation information for articles published prior to 1996 is not available in Scopus. Articles published before 1996 are not used when calculating an h-Graph, Articles Published, or Citation graph.
The Chart View displays h-graph, Articles Published, and Citations information as an interactive graph. The Chart View is the default view. If you switch from one tab to another, the Chart View will display.
From the chart view, you can:
View information about data points
You can view more information about a data point on the chart by placing your mouse pointer over that data point:
h-graph: The document number and the number of times the document has been cited. The document number indicates where the document falls on the h-graph. For example, a document number of 1 is given to the highest cited paper.
Articles Published: The number of articles published in the year.
Citations: The number of citations received.
You can adjust the range of data shown in your graph using the Zoom feature. Move the Zoom pointers to the left and right until the range of data that you want displayed is between the pointers. The chart will automatically resize. Show Me
The Data View displays h-graph, Articles Published, and Citations information in a table. Click a column head to sort the table by that field.
The following information is available in each table:
h-graph: The document number and the number of times the document has been cited. The document number indicates where the document falls on the h-graph. For example, a document number of 1 is given to the highest cited paper.
Articles Published: The number of articles published and the year of publication.
Citations: The number of citations received and the year the citation was received.
You can change the date range of the articles that are included in the h-Graph, Articles Published, and Citations graphs.
From the date range drop-down, select a beginning and ending date range. Values range from 1996 to the current year plus one.
Click 
to update the graph with the new date range.
| Note | If you update the date range for one graph, all graphs are updated. |
You can print and e-mail graphs on the Author Evaluation Tools page. Only the Chart Views of graphs will print.
Tip: Set your printer to landscape for best results.
To print graphs
Select the tab that you want to print.
Click 
to display a printable version of the graph.
From the Author Evaluations Tools page, click 
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On the E-mail h-Graph page, complete all necessary fields to send your e-mail. See E-mailing an h-Graph for more information.
E-mailing an Author Evaluations Tools Graph
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