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A. REPANOVICI et al: Analysis of the impact of publications in the history of medicine 175
Figure no. 1: Image from scientometric
database Google Scholar
Analysing h index for the most quoted
authors for published books give the next
results:
Figure no. 2: Analyse of the search impact
for author FH Garrison
FH Garrison wrote 330 papers in the
field of history of medicine, written
between 1914-1921 and has an h index
equal to 20. The higher quoted .have the
following publications: “An introduction
on history medicine”-800 quotes, “History
of medicine”-206 quotes and “Garrison’s
history of neurology”-158 quotes.
Figure no. 3: Analyse of the search
impact for author CC Metler
FH Metler wrote 45 papers in the
domain of history of medicine, written
between 1935-1979 and has a 10 h index.
The higher quoted .have the following
publications: “History of medicine”, 248
quotes.
Conclusions
The most important application of
scientometry is the performance evaluation
of scientific research. Hirsch index is a
new instrument of measuring the research
performances.