I study the measurement of the influence of scientists based on bibliographic data. The main result is an axiomatic characterization of the family of citation-counting indices, a wide class of influence measures which includes the popular h-index. The result highlights several limits of these indices: they cannot be used to compare scientists across fields, nor can they account for indirect influence. I discuss how these limits can be overcome by using richer bibliographic information.

翻译：我研究基于文献数据的科学家影响力测度方法。主要结果是对引文计数指数这一广泛影响力测度族（包括流行的h指数）进行了公理化刻画。该结果揭示了这些指数的若干局限性：它们既不能用于跨学科比较科学家，也无法衡量间接影响力。我探讨了如何通过利用更丰富的文献信息来克服这些局限。