[IRTalk] What’s wrong with the H-index

[Dr Leti Kleyn]

What’s wrong with the H-index<https://nature.us17.list-manage.com/track/click?u=2c6057c528fdc6f73fa196d9d&id=c726223c86&e=ba31e2f257>
Love it or hate it, the H-index has become one of the most widely used metrics for measuring the productivity and impact of researchers<https://nature.us17.list-manage.com/track/click?u=2c6057c528fdc6f73fa196d9d&id=ad42fc3025&e=ba31e2f257>. Jorge Hirsch, who invented it back in 2005, recently admitted that, although he considers the H-index to be among the best objective measures of scientific achievement, it can “fail spectacularly and have severe unintended negative consequences”.
Nature Index | 5 min read<https://nature.us17.list-manage.com/track/click?u=2c6057c528fdc6f73fa196d9d&id=02becdf5c6&e=ba31e2f257>

Dr Leti Kleyn
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