Four great reasons to stop caring so much about the h-index

… Their h-index, right at the top. Now you know their quality as a scholar. Or do you?(…) Today, this number is used for both informal evaluation (like sizing up colleagues) and formal evaluation (like tenure and promotion). We think that’s a problem. The h-index is failing on the job, and here’s how…

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(Thanks to György Hantal!)