https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201818606004
Comparing People with Bibliometrics
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
* e-mail: kurtz@cfa.harvard.edu ORCID: 0000-0002-6949-0090
Published online: 27 July 2018
Bibliometric indicators, citation counts and/or download counts are increasingly being used to inform personnel decisions such as hiring or promotions. These statistics are very often misused. Here we provide a guide to the factors which should be considered when using these so-called quantitative measures to evaluate people. Rules of thumb are given for when begin to use bibliometric measures when comparing otherwise similar candidates.
© The Authors, published by EDP Sciences, 2018
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