Adaptation of Hirsh Index (H-Index) Indicator in Sociometric Analyses

Jacob L. Morenonun 1932 yılında sosyometri bağlamını ilk sunduğu tarih- ten bu yana sosyometrik incelemeler kapsamında çok sayıda performans göstergesigeliştirilmiştir. Bu göstergelerin her biri farklı bir amaca yönelik ve diğer göstergelerile beraber kullanılmaktadır. Sosyometri sahasındaki gelişime paralel olarak bilimselbaşarım incelmelerinin yapıldığı bilimmetri sahasında da başarım performanslarınıincelemeye yönelik çok sayıda gösterge geliştirilmiştir. Daha çok bilimsel ve akademikperformans incelemelerinde kullanılan bilimmetri performans göstergeleri günümüz- de küresel düzeyde yaygın biçimde kullanılmaktadır. Bu yaygın kullanım içinde biliminsanları ve otoriteler tarafından kabul görmüş ve en çok öne çıkan gösterge ise JorgeE. Hirsch tarafından henüz 2005 yılında geliştirilen Hirsch İndeksi (H-Index) göster- gesidir. H İndeksi göstergesi sosyometrik analizlerde gerek kendi başına, gerekse de di- ğer göstergelere eklemlenebilecek fonksiyonu ile potansiyeller taşıyan bir göstergedir.Bu çalışma H İndeksi göstergesinin sosyometri sahasında kullanım elverişliliğini tes- pit etmek amacı ile gerçekleştirilmiştir. Çalışmanın çıktıları H İndeksi göstergesindekullanılan yöntemin sosyometrik incelemelerde kayda değer kullanım potansiyelinesahip olduğunu ortaya koymaktadır.

H İndeksi Göstergesinin Sosyometrik Analizlere Uyarlanması

There are significant number of metrics developed in sociometry field sin- ce it was presented by Jacob L. Moreno in 1932. Each of those metrics are used ondifferent purposes and within correlations to other metrics. At the same time, thescientometrics field which is the field of scientific performance measurement was inthe development process as well. Significant number of metrics were developed in thefield of scientometrics also which intensively used by authorities and scientists. Themost widely used/referred scientometrical metric have been the Hirsch Index (H-In- dex) indicator which has been developed recently, just in 2005 by Jorge M. Hirsch.In this study H-index is investigated whether it may be a properly indicator in socio- metrical analyses as well, or if it may be added as an additional function into alreadydeveloped indicators. Outcomes show that hirsch index methodology has potentialbenefits in sociometry field.

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