- we introduced the "Researcher rank", which assigns researchers to deciles (D1-D10, D1 is the best)

- the weight of Excellence publications can be adjusted in the Options menu (default = 4)

- the Ranks tabs shows visually the composition of the final score

- in sections I, II, and IX the reference to the Q ranked publications has been removed from axis titles

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- instead of loading pre-computed data for each researcher, the analysis is run in real time using data directly downloaded from the HSWA site (MTMT)

- the anonymized reference databases can be downloaded from the homepage

- in sections I, II, and IX following publications are included: journal article, book, book chapter, conference proceeding, conference abstract, monograph, reference article, reference guide

- the H-index is computed using all citing publications (dependent and independent)

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- the reference database was expanded to include 13,700 researchers

- small graphical corrections (e.g. axis titles, text in homepage, downloadable document)

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- in sections IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, X, and XI the corresponding author publications are regarded as first/last author publications

- filtering using the PhD date is discontinued

- in sections I, II, III, and IX weighting using the authorship order (first/last) is discontinued

- for first/last publications the divided authorships are also included

- we introduced the "Excellence publications", which includes publications cited in the top 10% within their discipline

- the H-index uses only the independent citations

- in sections I, II, and IX all publications are included in the analysis