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JDSICS · Lens · RC-index: A New Measure to Quantify Researchers’ Contribution

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Article · Volume 5, Issue 1 · pp. 61–64

RC-index: A New Measure to Quantify Researchers’ Contribution

Rajesh C. Shah1

  1. 1Department of Applied Mathematics, Faculty of Technology and Engineering, The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Vadodara, Gujarat, INDIA.

Abstract

There are many methods (tools) available to identify the research output of a researcher, primarily based on the number of published papers, where they published, their citations, etc. But still no methods are available to determine the contributions of a researcher. This paper proposes rc-index of a research paper as well as RC-index of a researcher for determining researcher’s contribution by balancing percentage contributions of a researcher, impact factor of the journals and the number of citations. Some comparisons are also made with h-index and r-index

Keywords: Percentage contribution; Impact factor; Citation; h–index; rc–index; RC–index

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