Abstract
J.E. Hirsch (2005) introduced the hβindex to quantify an individual's scientific research output by the largest number h of a scientist's papers that received at least h citations. To take into account the highly skewed frequency distribution of citations, L. Egghe (2006a) proposed the gβindex as an improvement of the hβindex. I have worked out 26 practical cases of physicists from the Institute of Physics at Chemnitz University of Technology, and compare the h and g values in this study. It is demonstrated that the gβindex discriminates better between different citation patterns. This also can be achieved by evaluating B.H. Jin's (2006) Aβindex, which reflects the average number of citations in the hβcore, and interpreting it in conjunction with the hβindex. h and A can be combined into the Rβindex to measure the hβcore's citation intensity. I also have determined the A and R values for the 26 datasets. For a better comparison, I utilize interpolated indices. The correlations between the various indices as well as with the total number of papers and the highest citation counts are discussed. The largest Pearson correlation coefficient is found between g and R. Although the correlation between g and h is relatively strong, the arrangement of the datasets is significantly different depending on whether they are put into order according to the values of either h or g.