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The h index and career assessment by numbers

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dc.contributor.authorKelly, Clint
dc.contributor.authorJennions, Michael
dc.date.accessioned2015-12-13T23:00:36Z
dc.date.issued2006
dc.date.updated2015-12-12T07:35:01Z
dc.description.abstractGrowing demand to quantify the research output from public funding has tempted funding agencies, promotion committees and employers to treat numerical indices of research output more seriously. So many assessment exercises are now conducted worldwide that traditional peer assessment is threatened. Here, we describe a new citation-based index (Hirsh's h index) and examine several factors that might influence it for ecologists and evolutionary biologists, such as gender, country of residence, subdiscipline and total publication output. We suggest that h is not obviously superior to other indices that rely on citations and publication counts to assess research performance.
dc.identifier.issn0169-5347
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/84197
dc.publisherElsevier
dc.sourceTrends in Ecology and Evolution
dc.subjectKeywords: gender; index method; numerical model; decision making; ecology; evolution; short survey; Career Choice; Ecology; Evolution
dc.titleThe h index and career assessment by numbers
dc.typeJournal article
local.bibliographicCitation.issue4
local.bibliographicCitation.lastpage170
local.bibliographicCitation.startpage167
local.contributor.affiliationKelly, Clint, College of Medicine, Biology and Environment, ANU
local.contributor.affiliationJennions, Michael, College of Medicine, Biology and Environment, ANU
local.contributor.authoruidKelly, Clint, a206566
local.contributor.authoruidJennions, Michael, u4037305
local.description.embargo2037-12-31
local.description.notesImported from ARIES
local.description.refereedYes
local.identifier.absfor060311 - Speciation and Extinction
local.identifier.ariespublicationMigratedxPub12462
local.identifier.citationvolume21
local.identifier.doi10.1016/j.tree.2006.01.005
local.identifier.scopusID2-s2.0-33646085534
local.type.statusPublished Version

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