Gender Differences in Publication Output: Towards an Unbiased Metric of Research Performance

Matthew R.E. Symonds; Neil J. Gemmell; Tamsin L. Braisher; Kylie L. Gorringe; Mark A. Elgar

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0000127

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Gender Differences in Publication Output: Towards an Unbiased Metric of Research Performance

Matthew R.E. Symonds ,

*To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: symondsm@unimelb.edu.au

Affiliation Department of Zoology, University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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Neil J. Gemmell,

Affiliation School of Biological Science, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand
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Tamsin L. Braisher,

Affiliation Landcare Research, Lincoln, New Zealand
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Kylie L. Gorringe,

Affiliation Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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Mark A. Elgar

Affiliation Department of Zoology, University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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Gender Differences in Publication Output: Towards an Unbiased Metric of Research Performance

Matthew R.E. Symonds,
Neil J. Gemmell,
Tamsin L. Braisher,
Kylie L. Gorringe,
Mark A. Elgar

Published: December 27, 2006
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0000127

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"...heavily championed by Nature and Science."

Posted by justwilliam_797 on 17 Oct 2007 at 02:29 GMT

The recently proposed h index [16] is a new measure of research performance that has been heavily championed by Nature
[17] and S
http://plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0000127#article1.body1.sec3.p9

Whatever the merits or otherwise of the h-index, Nature and Science have certainly not "heavily championed" it. In fact, they haven't championed it all. The article in Nature is good balanced reporting and ends with a caution about the use of the h-index to assess the performance of scientists. The article in Science - which is just two paragraphs long - makes the same point.

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"...heavily championed by Nature and Science."

Posted by justwilliam_797 on 17 Oct 2007 at 02:29 GMT