Follow the Index: A new proposal
Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
2022-04-01 v1 Physics and Society
Abstract
Despite all its well-known flaws and calls for its dismissal, the notorious -index is still used in many instances when awarding grants, or promoting and hiring scientists. To address this, I set out to devise a better index, with the twofold aim of taking into account the authors' respective contributions and considerably reducing the pollution of the scientific literature. Finally, I present a strategy that is guaranteed to be best for all researchers.
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@article{arxiv.2203.17123,
title = {Follow the Index: A new proposal},
author = {Henri M. J. Boffin},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2203.17123},
year = {2022}
}
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