TY - JOUR AB - Purpose– The single publication h index has been introduced by Schubert as the h index calculated from the list of citing publications of one single publication. This paper aims to look at the calculation of the single publication h index and related performance measures.Design/methodology/approach– In this paper a web application is presented where the single publication h index and related performance measures (the single publication m index, h2 lower, h2 centre, and h2 upper) can be automatically calculated for any publication indexed by Google Scholar.Findings– The use of the application is demonstrated by means of the citation performance of two publications.Originality/value– To the authors' knowledge this web application is the first instrument to automatically calculate the single publication h index and related performance measures based on Google Scholar data. This is a new service especially from the perspective of the related performance measures. VL - 35 IS - 2 SN - 1468-4527 DO - 10.1108/14684521111128050 UR - https://doi.org/10.1108/14684521111128050 AU - Thor Andreas AU - Bornmann Lutz PY - 2011 Y1 - 2011/01/01 TI - The calculation of the single publication h index and related performance measures: A web application based on Google Scholar data T2 - Online Information Review PB - Emerald Group Publishing Limited SP - 291 EP - 300 Y2 - 2024/05/10 ER -