When evaluating the publication performance of a scientist one has to consider not
only the difference in publication norms in different scientific fields, but also
the length of the academic career of the investigated researcher. Here, our goal was
to establish a database suitable as a reference for the ranking of scientific performance
by normalizing the researchers output to those with the same academic career length
and active in same scientific field. By using the complete publication and citation
data of 17,072 Hungarian researchers, we established a framework enabling the quick
assessment of a researcher’s scientific output by comparing four parameters (h-index,
yearly independent citations received, number of publications, and number of high
impact publications), to the age-matched values of all other researchers active in
the same scientific discipline. The established online tool available at www.scientometrics.org
could be an invaluable help for faster and more evidence-based grant review processes.
