Abstract: As the most important breakthrough in scientometrics in this century, the research on H-type indices has become one of the most important research focuses in the field of scientometrics and research evaluation both in china and over the world in the past 10 years. In the book H-type Indices and H-type Measures, Star X. Zhao and the co-authors summarize H-index and H-type measures that are characterized by the core concept of H-index. It is a must-read for the academia to understand H-index, H-type measures, evaluation index and even scientometrics.