How to find the H index of an author using Google Scholar?

[windy miller]

TL;DR

How do I look up H index?

Hi. I want to look up the H index of a few authors I am interested in using google scholar or some other site that i don't need to pay for access. But can't see how to do it. Can anyone help?

 

[DrClaude]

I don't if it can be done directly in Google Scholar, as it doesn't seem to allow to sort the results of the search. I think you'll have to copy the citation numbers and sort them yourself.

 

[windy miller]

thanks are there any other free sources?

 

[Ygggdrasil]

Google scholar seems to automatically calculate this and show it on the right sidebar of the scientist's page. For example:

https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=qj74uXkAAAAJ&hl=en
Of course this assumes that the scientist has a Google Scholar page and that the page is accurate. No idea if there are any other good free sources if the author is not listed on Google Scholar.

 

[DrClaude]

Google scholar seems to automatically calculate this and show it on the right sidebar of the scientist's page.

If I understood correctly, for this to work the author must have created a personal profile and made that profile public.