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|  Paolo Giudici, Luca Boscolo.
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'''[https://www.topitalianscientists.org/tis/52685/Paolo_Giudici_-_Top_Italian_Scientist_in_Mathematics Paolo Giudici]'''<sup>(a)</sup>, Luca Boscolo'''<sup>(b)</sup>.
 
<sup>(a)</sup> Department of Economics and Management Sciences, University of Pavia, Italy -
<sup>(b)</sup> Top Italian Scientists founder.
 
==Abstract==
The measurement of the quality of academic research is often done by means of the h-index measure. Although widely accepted, the h-index
has some issues and, in particular, it may depend on the scientific field in which a researcher operates. To date there is not a definitive answer as to whether this difference holds, and to what extent it varies. To fill the gap, we propose to operationaly measure the difference in h-index across the sectors of a relatively homogeneous population of all scientists of a nation. To answer the heterogeneity issue we apply three different explainable machine learning models: linear regression, Poisson regression and tree models. Our results show that the latter two models better explain the data. They show that the only sectors for which a difference in h-index is significant are Physics, Biology and Clinical Sciences.
 
==Declarations==
 
===Conflict of Interest===
The Authors declare that there is no conflict of interest.
 
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Published
September 16, 2024
Title
Which fields drive the h-index?
Authors
Paolo Giudici, Luca Boscolo.
DOI
10.62684/FSOZ4761
Keywords
H-index, Poisson models, Scaling

Paolo Giudici(a), Luca Boscolo(b).

(a) Department of Economics and Management Sciences, University of Pavia, Italy - (b) Top Italian Scientists founder.

Abstract

The measurement of the quality of academic research is often done by means of the h-index measure. Although widely accepted, the h-index has some issues and, in particular, it may depend on the scientific field in which a researcher operates. To date there is not a definitive answer as to whether this difference holds, and to what extent it varies. To fill the gap, we propose to operationaly measure the difference in h-index across the sectors of a relatively homogeneous population of all scientists of a nation. To answer the heterogeneity issue we apply three different explainable machine learning models: linear regression, Poisson regression and tree models. Our results show that the latter two models better explain the data. They show that the only sectors for which a difference in h-index is significant are Physics, Biology and Clinical Sciences.

Declarations

Conflict of Interest

The Authors declare that there is no conflict of interest.

References

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