Bibliometrics for Internet Media: Applying the h-Index to YouTube

@article{Hovden2013BibliometricsFI,
  title={Bibliometrics for Internet Media: Applying the h-Index to YouTube},
  author={Robert Hovden},
  journal={ArXiv},
  year={2013},
  volume={abs/1303.0766}
}
The h‐index can be a useful metric for evaluating a person's output of Internet media. [] Key Result When compared with a video creator's total view count, the h‐index and g‐index better capture both productivity and impact in a single metric.
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