## Vanity index

"Do you wish people to think well of you? Don't speak well of yourself."

Blaise Pascal

#### Check your academic performance and vanity using SAO/NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

Name (format: surname, name):

• #### $$N$$ Number of papers

Total number of papers published by the academic in scientific journals.

• #### $$C$$ Citation count

Total number of citations to the papers published by the academic.

• #### $$h$$ h-index

The largest value of $$h$$ such that the academic has published $$h$$ papers that each is cited at least $$h$$ times.

• #### $$i_{10}$$ i10-index

The number of papers published by the academic that each is cited at least 10 times.

• #### $$V_\%$$ Vanity fraction

Fraction of academic's total citation count that are self-citations.

• #### $$\overline{V}$$ Average vanity

Average number of self-citations in papers published by the academic.

• #### $$V$$ Vanity index

The largest value of $$V$$ such that the academic has published $$V$$ papers that each self-cites at least $$V$$ other papers.

• #### $$h^\uparrow$$ Self-inflated h-index

Value of academic's h-index if only self-citations were counted.