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rec-index

The rec-index (Levene et al. 2019) is the area of the largest rectangle which can fit under the citation curve; similar to how h2 is the area of the largest square.

Example

Publications are ordered by number of citations, from highest to lowest.

Citations (Ci)592616111110433211100000
Rank (i)123456789101112131415161718
i×Ci5952484455602824272011121300000

The largest rectangle which can fit under the citation curve has an area of 60.

History

Yearrec
19972
19989
199926
200035
200160
2002100
2003128
2004256
2005360
2006580
2007770
2008924
20091080
20101266
20111507
20121800
20132106
20142376
20152678
20163003
20173224
20183341
20193584
20203870
20214170
20224200
20234438
20244620
20254676

References