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 EditorialH-index, mentoring-index, highly-cited and highly-accessed: how to evaluate scientists?Kuan-Teh Jeang  The National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA author email corresponding author email
Retrovirology 2008,
5:106doi:10.1186/1742-4690-5-106
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25 November 2008 |
Abstract
How best to evaluate scientists within a peer group is a difficult task. This editorial discusses the use of the H-index and total citations. It also raises the consideration of a mentoring-index and the value of understanding the frequency that a published paper is accessed by readers. |