Research Article

A Statistical Approach to Model the H-Index Based on the Total Number of Citations and the Duration from the Publishing of the First Article

Table 6

Pearson and Spearman correlations between actual values and predicted values.

Spearman’s rhoPearson
Correlation coefficientCorrelation coefficient

Predicted values (based on NC)0.954<0.0010.967<0.001
Predicted values (based on D1)0.779<0.0010.632<0.001