Impact of $h$-index on authors ranking: An improvement to the h-index for lower-ranked author

Abstract

To check the impact of ℎ-index on authors ranking within a university based on Scopus and WoS.• The introduction of ℎ which is a complement to ℎ-index, takes into account the weight of the highest cited paper.• Giving weight to highest cited paper significantly improves the performance of the lower-ranked authors, especially for ℎ ≤ 10. For higher rank, ℎ == ℎ and for lower rank, ℎ ≥ ℎ.• The performance of Scopus and WoS varies among disciplines, hence the ranking varies.