H-index as a new scientometric indicator

U tekstu se raspravlja o indikatorima vrednovanja znanstvenog rada znanstvenika i casopisa. Naglasak je na znacenju i važnosti novog scientometrijskog indikatora h-indeksa, koji je uveo fzicar Hirsch 2005. godine i koji su prihvatile vodece citatne baze kao i sira znanstve na zajednica. In this text we discuss about indicators for evaluation of scientifc work of both, the individual author, and journal as a whole. Emphasis is put on the value and signifcance of a new scientometric indicator, h-index, which was introduced by physicist Hirsch in 2005, and which was adopted both, by leading citation database providers and by the wider scientifc community.