The h-index1 measures both the scientific productivity and the apparent scientific impact of a specific scientist. The index is based on the set of the scientist's most cited papers and the number of citations that those articles have received in other people's publications.
A scientist has index h if h of his or her number of published papers (Np) have at least h citations each and the other (Np – h) papers have ≤ h citations each.
For example, an h-index of 20 means there are 20 papers that have 20 citations or more. This metric is useful because it discounts the disproportionate weight of highly cited papers or papers that have not yet been cited.
This calculation only includes items in the Web of Science database - books and articles in non-covered journals are not included.
See https://support.clarivate.com/ScientificandAcademicResearch/s/article/Web-of-Science-h-index-information?language=en_US for more details.
The system open to Smart Search by default. Click on "Advanced Search". In the default "Fielded Search" use the down arrow next to the words "All Fields" to select "Author" for the search field.
Type the author last name and first initial in the appropriate search boxes with an asterisk after the first initial (e.g. Fonash S*). If the author has a unique name, click "Search".
If the author has a common last name, use both initials instead of the first initial plus an asterisk (e.g. Smith HF instead of Smith H*) and click on Add Row. Use the down arrow to select "Affiliation" for the search field and input the author's institution or organization name before clicking "Search". NOTE: some institutions names can have many variations; choose the most common variation.
When the results are retrieved, click on Citation Report above the results and to the right (this will take some time to calculate if the author has many articles).
The results will give basic statisitcs, such as total number of publications, numbers of citing articles, times cited, and h-index. There may also be one or more graphs (e.g. Times Cited and Publications over Time).
Under the graph(s) the author's articles will be listed, in descending times cited order, showing the number of citations to each article per year. The sort order of the articles can be changed to latest date, source, published year, etc. Only five columns of years are shown, but there are arrows to move through the years. MInus signs beside the articles allow removal of individual items from the Citation Report.
There are options to export the whole report, or download the graph(s).