A Bayesian h-index: How to measure research impact

A variant of the h-index to measure recent performance

The predictive power of the h-index has been shown to depend for a long time on citations to rather old publications. This has raised doubts about its usefulness for predicting future scientific achievements. Here I investigate a variant which considers only the recent publications and is therefore more useful in academic hiring processes and for the allocation of research resources. It is simp...

How to measure mood in nutrition research.

Mood is widely assessed in nutrition research, usually with rating scales. A core assumption is that positive mood reinforces ingestion, so it is important to measure mood well. Four relevant theoretical issues are reviewed: (i) the distinction between protracted and transient mood; (ii) the distinction between mood and emotion; (iii) the phenomenology of mood as an unstable tint to consciousne...

How to Select a Specified Area for Research?

سخن سردبیر Editorial مجله دانشگاه علوم پزشکی رفسنجان دوره 22، فروردین 1402، 2-1 چگونه یک حوزه مشخص برای پژوهش را انتخاب نمائیم؟ How to Select a Specified Area for Research? محسن رضائیان[1] Mohsen Rezaeian برای محققین جوان، انتخاب یک حوزه مشخص برای انجام پژوهش‌های‌شان بسیار ضروری است. پژوهش‌گران جوان به جای آن که توان و نیروی خود را مصروف موضوعات پژوهشی متفاوتی نمایند، با...

H. index and incorrect conduct of research: letter to the editor

h-Index research in scientometrics: A summary

A Letter to the Editor shortly summing up ten or so years of research into the h-index.