Impact Factor, Citations - Can Science Be Saved From Itself?

Not many people would know the peculiar vocabulary used to evaluate scientists.‘H index’, ‘impact factor’ and ‘citation number’ are some of the snazzy phrases that are now ubiquitous in the world of science. Not all scientific papers are born equal - some are ground-breaking, while most are an incremental advance – and these scales have been developed to help determine the ‘impact’ of the scientific articles that are published. read more

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