scientific quality index
The Scientific Quality Index (Pluskiewicz et al. 2019) is a slightly odd metric which is simply the sum of the mean citations per publication and the percent of publications with 10 or more citations (both adjusted for self- and co-author citations, in a perfect world). The authors considered it to be a slightly better judge of quality than metrics such as the h-index.
Example
Publications are ordered by number of non-self citations, from highest to lowest.
| Non-self Citations | 57 | 25 | 16 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 |
Of the 18 publications, 4 have 10 or more non-self citations, 4/18 = 22.2%. The total non-self citations is 132, thus the mean non-self citations per publication is 7.3. The SQI is the sum of these values, or 29.6.
History
| Year | SQI |
|---|---|
| 1997 | 0.0000 |
| 1998 | 1.7500 |
| 1999 | 26.7778 |
| 2000 | 26.7857 |
| 2001 | 29.5556 |
| 2002 | 33.1818 |
| 2003 | 52.4231 |
| 2004 | 65.2759 |
| 2005 | 73.8000 |
| 2006 | 91.3056 |
| 2007 | 110.5897 |
| 2008 | 123.8049 |
| 2009 | 127.9778 |
| 2010 | 130.5686 |
| 2011 | 141.0182 |
| 2012 | 150.8036 |
| 2013 | 151.7258 |
| 2014 | 159.6875 |
| 2015 | 166.2985 |
| 2016 | 177.7536 |
| 2017 | 187.3714 |
| 2018 | 185.0267 |
| 2019 | 194.0000 |
| 2020 | 201.5844 |
| 2021 | 206.9494 |
| 2022 | 206.6786 |
| 2023 | 215.3929 |
| 2024 | 216.4368 |
| 2025 | 217.7079 |
References
- Pluskiewicz, W., B. Drozdzowska, P. Adamczyk, and K. Noga (2019) Scientific Quality Index: A composite size‑independent metric compared with h‑index for 480 medical researchers. Scientometrics 119:1009–1016.