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I propose to sharpen the index h, proposed by Hirsch as a useful index to characterize the scientific output of a researcher, by excluding the self-citations. Performing a self-experiment and also analyzing two anonymous data sets, it is shown that self-citations can significantly reduce the h index in contrast to Hirsch's expectations.
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