Measuring an individual researcher's impact: new directions and challenges.
adult psychiatry
child & adolescent psychiatry
Journal
Evidence-based mental health
ISSN: 1468-960X
Titre abrégé: Evid Based Ment Health
Pays: England
ID NLM: 100883413
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
05 2020
05 2020
Historique:
received:
11
10
2019
revised:
20
11
2019
accepted:
22
11
2019
pubmed:
6
12
2019
medline:
10
6
2020
entrez:
6
12
2019
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Metrics which quantify the impact of a scientist are increasingly incorporated into decisions about how to rate and fund individuals and institutions. Several commonly used metrics, based on journal impact factors and citation counts, have been criticised as they do not reliably predict real-world impact, are highly variable between fields and are vulnerable to gaming. Bibliometrics have been incorporated into systems of research assessment but these may create flawed incentives, failing to reward research that is validated, reproducible and with wider impacts. A recent proposal for a new standardised citation metric based on a composite indicator of 6 measures has led to an online database of 100 000 of the most highly cited scientists in all fields. In this perspective article, we provide an overview and evaluation of this new citation metric as it applies to mental health research. We provide a summary of its findings for psychiatry and psychology, including clustering in certain countries and institutions, and outline some implications for mental health research. We discuss strengths and limitations of this new metric, and how further refinements could align impact metrics more closely with wider goals of scientific research.
Identifiants
pubmed: 31801786
pii: ebmental-2019-300122
doi: 10.1136/ebmental-2019-300122
pmc: PMC10231616
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Review
Comment
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
47-51Commentaires et corrections
Type : CommentOn
Informations de copyright
© Author(s) (or their employer(s)) 2020. No commercial re-use. See rights and permissions. Published by BMJ.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
Competing interests: None declared.
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