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Ahmed, Bilal and Wang, Li and Hussain, Waqar and Qureshi, Saim (2025) A New Bw Index for Quantifying Scholars' Research Influence. Journal of Informatics and Web Engineering, 4 (2). pp. 248-261. ISSN 2821-370X

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Abstract

The growing importance of measuring and evaluating academic performance in academic hiring, promotions, funding allocation, and resource distribution has fueled the demand for better metrics. Traditional ranking indicators, such as publication count and citation-based indices, often fail to capture theinterdisciplinary influence and qualitative dimensions of research impact. These shortcomings highlight the need for more comprehensive evaluation metrics. The current study introduces a novel BWIndex, whichintegrates both quantitative and qualitative aspects of researcher contributions, aiming to provide a more balanced and comprehensive evaluation of scholarly impact. To evaluatethe effectiveness of the proposedindex, a comparative analysis was conductedon 200 researchers' profiles of Monash University Australia, calculating both the h-index and the proposed BWIndex. The results of the study indicate that researchers with identical H-index exhibit significant variation in BWIndex values ranging from 10to 55, demonstrating its ability to distinguish research impact beyond citation counts. Furthermore, for researchers with an h-index of 20, the BWIndex ranges from 20 to 82, reflecting an increase in differentiation compared to traditional the H-index. These findings highlight the BWIndex as a more nuanced and equitable measure of academic influence, offering a refined approach to researcher evaluation and addressingthe limitations of traditional metrics

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	H-index, scientometrics
Subjects:	Q Science > QA Mathematics > QA71-90 Instruments and machines
Depositing User:	Ms Rosnani Abd Wahab
Date Deposited:	25 Jun 2025 08:30
Last Modified:	25 Jun 2025 08:30
URII:	http://shdl.mmu.edu.my/id/eprint/14020

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