scipaWatch Your Science Through Your Science Watches
December 25th 2010 13:12
At the first glance, if you were wondering, what is this Science Watch is? Then go ahead and read on to find nothing new - I am only talking of the Personal Citation Index and the Impact Factors of Your Published papers. Knowing this, if you are going to think, I have heard more than enough about them, and I need not bother, then you are wrong! There are these small points to be noted, which might affect you as a research scientist and your status in the university, and your university at the global level.
Some of the highlights of an article enclosed in full length for personal reading are listed here:
1. You could still be a reputed scientist, despite your institution in toto.
2. You could still have better personal citation index, despite your total contribution in both ways to the science in your field of specialization and as funding.
3.You still could have one paper that could bring you more citations than the number of papers that you could write and still have a lower citation index.
Overall, the good thing about this everlasting debate will depend on the requirement of your employer - you could have more funding and less personal citation index, have more citation index and more funding, and less funding and less citation index.
Which of these probabilities do you fall in? How is this going to impact you, your career and your organisation/institution? Why don't you read the whole paper to know more?
Some of the highlights of an article enclosed in full length for personal reading are listed here:
1. You could still be a reputed scientist, despite your institution in toto.
2. You could still have better personal citation index, despite your total contribution in both ways to the science in your field of specialization and as funding.
3.You still could have one paper that could bring you more citations than the number of papers that you could write and still have a lower citation index.
Overall, the good thing about this everlasting debate will depend on the requirement of your employer - you could have more funding and less personal citation index, have more citation index and more funding, and less funding and less citation index.
Which of these probabilities do you fall in? How is this going to impact you, your career and your organisation/institution? Why don't you read the whole paper to know more?
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