Abstract
The measurement of scientific progress remains a significant challenge exasperated by the use of multiple different types of metrics that are often incorrectly used, overused, or even explicitly abused. Several metrics such as h-index or journal impact factor (JIF) are often used as a means to assess whether an author, article, or journal creates an "impact" on science. Unfortunately, external forces can be used to manipulate these metrics thereby diluting the value of their intended, original purpose. This work highlights these issues and the need to more clearly define "impact" as well as emphasize the need for better metrics that leverage full content analysis of publications.
| Original language | English |
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| Journal | D-Lib Magazine |
| Volume | 22 |
| Issue number | 9-10 |
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| State | Published - 2016 |
Funding
This manuscript has been authored by UT-Battelle, LLC and used resources of the Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory under Contract No. DE-AC05-00OR22725 with the U.S. Department of Energy. The United States Government retains and the publisher, by accepting the article for publication, acknowledges that the United States Government retains a non-exclusive, paid-up, irrevocable, world-wide license to publish or reproduce the published form of this manuscript, or allow others to do so, for United States Government purposes. The Department of Energy will provide public access to these results of federally sponsored research in accordance with the DOE Public Access Plan.
| Funders | Funder number |
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| United States Government | |
| U.S. Department of Energy | |
| Oak Ridge National Laboratory | DE-AC05-00OR22725 |