An index is a system used to make finding information easier. Index may also refer to: ... Index (economics), a single number calculated from an array of prices and quantities ...
This article is about the index of scientific research impact. ... The index was suggested by Jorge E. Hirsch, a physicist at UCSD, as a tool for determining theoretical ...
From Latin index (" a discoverer, informer, spy; of things, an indicator, the forefinger, a title, superscription'") < indicō (" point out, show'"); see indicate. ...