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		| Jean-Michel  Courtault and Naïla  Hayek | 
	
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		| ''On the Robustness of the h-index: a mathematical approach'' | 
	
		| ( 2008, Vol. 3 No.78 ) | 
	
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		| The h-index is an index recently proposed by Hirsch (2005) to measure scientific achievement by individual scholars. It is a compound measure of publications and citations. We show the robustness of this index. This means that h-index increases with both the number of publications and the number of citations only when these numbers are significant. | 
	
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		| JEL: J2 - Demand and Supply of Labor: General
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		| | Manuscript Received : Nov 12 2008 |  | Manuscript Accepted : Dec 20 2008 | 
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