The h(³) – index of academic journals

The objective of this paper is to show that the already existing h(³) indicator, designed after the h- index and Kosmulski’s h(²)-index, has some advantages with respect to the classical h- or h(²)-indices, when it comes to academic journal evaluation. The h(³)-index for journals is defined as the largest natural number h3 such that the first h3 publications each received at least (h3)3 citations. Because of its tough requirement it is difficult...