Gilbert Laporte among the world's most widely cited authors
Professor Gilbert Laporte is ranked 947th among the world's 1,040 most widely cited authors, based on his h index and his Google Scholar Citations public profile. His h index is 102, for 39,171 citations.
This high h index means that Professor Laporte takes his place alongside such famous researchers as Sigmund Freud, Michel Foucault, Pierre Bourdieu and Noam Chomsky, who are also listed.
The h index measures a scholar’s scientific productivity and impact in terms of the number of citations of his or her publications.