Fractal dimension analogous scale-invariant derivative of Hirsch’s index

Applied Network Science

Table 1 Research field-wise number of articles, sample mean of citations, h5-index and h-dimension from the prepared data set

Research field	Number of articles	Average citations	h5	\(h_d\)
Studies in the creative arts and writing	207	3.52	13	0.38
Philosophy and religious studies	490	1.77	13	0.37
Law and legal studies	704	2.76	18	0.38
History and archaeology	1128	3.64	36	0.43
Language, communication and culture	1327	2.28	22	0.38
Built environment and design	1482	5.58	36	0.39
Education	1557	2.61	23	0.37
Commerce, management, tourism	1740	5.89	38	0.39
Economics	3206	6.18	51	0.39
Studies in human society	3373	4.6	48	0.4
Environmental sciences	6624	10.87	84	0.39
Agricultural and veterinary sciences	9025	6.07	61	0.37
Technology	10,648	9.83	93	0.39
Psychology and cognitive sciences	10,975	5.92	71	0.38
Information and computing sciences	15,387	5.97	87	0.39
Mathematical sciences	18,286	6.76	98	0.39
Earth sciences	19,089	11.06	120	0.39
Physical sciences	64,809	12.74	210	0.39
Chemical sciences	66,265	12.38	203	0.39
Biological Sciences	70,363	14.73	253	0.39
Engineering	88,527	8.83	182	0.38
Medical and health sciences	155,390	10.31	255	0.38