title: An index to quantify an individual's scientific research output.
abstract: I propose the index h, defined as the number of papers with citation number > or =h, as a useful index to characterize the scientific output of a researcher.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093-0319, USA. jhirsch@ucsd.edu
authors.forename: J E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Hirsch