Calibrated fair measure of particle physics publications: indices to quantify an individual's scientific research output
Abstract
Are existing ways of measuring scientific quality reflecting disadvantages of not being part of giant collaborations? How could possible discrimination be avoided? We propose indices defined for each discipline (subfield) and which count the plausible contributions added up by collaborators maintaining the spirit of interdependency. Based on the growing debate about defining potential biases and detecting unethical behavior, a standardized method to measure contributions of the astronomical number of coauthors is introduced.
- Publication:
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Canadian Journal of Physics
- Pub Date:
- July 2015
- DOI:
- 10.1139/cjp-2014-0412
- arXiv:
- arXiv:1306.0024
- Bibcode:
- 2015CaJPh..93..745T
- Keywords:
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- Computer Science - Digital Libraries;
- Physics - Physics and Society
- E-Print:
- 10 pages, 2 figures with 4 eps graphs