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Q-Index

Posted on November 17, 2016 by Artem Novozhilov

Ok, we all know about h-index nowadays. Here is another index, which, according to the authors of this paper [1], published in Science, measures individual scientific impact. This is now Q-index, which not only predicts h-index and cumulative citations, but … Continue reading →

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The top 100 papers

Posted on November 7, 2014 by Artem Novozhilov

Very interesting facts about the most cited papers in the history of science: The exercise revealed some surprises, not least that it takes a staggering 12,119 citations to rank in the top 100 — and that many of the world’s … Continue reading →

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The Slow Science Manifesto

Posted on March 11, 2014 by Artem Novozhilov

THE SLOW SCIENCE MANIFESTO We are scientists. We don’t blog. We don’t twitter. We take our time. Don’t get us wrong—we do say yes to the accelerated science of the early 21st century. We say yes to the constant flow of peer-review … Continue reading →

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A few links

Posted on January 4, 2014 by Artem Novozhilov

We Pretend to Teach, They Pretend to Learn The Best and the Brightest Still Fill Our Universities Google Scholar Wins Raves—But Can It Be Trusted?

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Two URLs

Posted on December 9, 2013 by Artem Novozhilov

Peter Higgs: I wouldn’t be productive enough for today’s academic system Peter Higgs, the British physicist who gave his name to the Higgs boson, believes no university would employ him in today’s academic system because he would not be considered “productive” … Continue reading →

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Peer review system, open access, and everything else

Posted on October 4, 2013 by Artem Novozhilov

Here are a few links to interesting posts: Who’s afraid of peer review? Opinion on the link above: I confess, I wrote the Arsenic DNA paper to expose flaws in peer-review at subscription based journals “Open access spam” and how journals … Continue reading →

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And again about the impact factors

Posted on September 12, 2013 by Artem Novozhilov

To correct distortions in the evaluation of scientific research, DORA aims to stop the use of the “journal impact factor” in judging an individual scientist’s work. The Declaration states that the impact factor must not be used as “a surrogate measure of … Continue reading →

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Journals and their impact factors

Posted on May 20, 2013 by Artem Novozhilov

Impact Factor Distortions For this reason, I have seen curricula vitae in which a scientist annotates each of his or her publications with its journal impact factor listed to three significant decimal places (for example, 11.345). And in some nations, … Continue reading →

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Google Scholar Metrics

Posted on April 2, 2012 by Artem Novozhilov

Google continues to offer new tools to estimate impact of scientific publications. Given the sheer volume of the indexed publications, it could be expected that the results are quite meaningful (as always, any numerology about publications, e.g., total number of … Continue reading →

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Bibilometrics tools

Posted on November 17, 2011 by Artem Novozhilov

There are many various bibliometric tools. This post appeared because of the new Google service Google Scholar Citations, which can be used by anyone starting today. The advantage of this service is that it relies on a most comprehensive database, which Google … Continue reading →

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