Published at October 26th, 2025 Last updated 8 days ago

SciVal H-index

Metrics available:

  • h-index (All year) 
  • h5-index
  • h10 index

The h-indicies is based on publications in Pure with SciVal-citations.

Updating metrics:

Step 1: Import Scival citations into  Pure (see SciVal metric

Step 2: Navigate to Administration → Metrics → h-index

  • Enable h-index from SciVal
  • Enable h-index, h5-index, h10-index

Step3: Save the metrics page (this will trigger the job "Person H-Index Calculation" - that will calculate the different h-indicies)

Available in editor/Pure:

SciVal h-indies can be shown alongside the Plum-X bar at the top right corner in the Person overview screen.

The can be configured at Administration → Metrics → h-index → Make h-index visible in personal overview

Pure Portal:

SciVal h-index can be shown on the Pure portal. 

Configuration can be found on Administrator > Pure Portal > Configuration > Persons

Note: If multiple h-index sources has been shown, only the highest h-index of the person will be shown on portal

Available in reporting:

PlumX h-index is available in reporting

Title Description File (to be used from version 5.24 → 5.26) File (to be used from version 5.27 → )
SciVal h-index With this report workspace, you get the SciVal h-index, h5-index and h10-index of all Persons

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