Academic communication, Academic Publishing, Citations, Featured, Impact, Kardashian Index, Public Engagement, Social Media
By equating social media use with narcissism, the Kardashian Index joke ignores wide disparity in research ecosystem.
Last week there was an eruption of discussion, debate and acerbic wit surrounding a published article by biologist Neil Hall proposing the use of a new metric for academics to evaluate their performance. Named after celebrity Kim Kardashian, the K-index analyses the popularity of scientists on Twitter against the citation impact of their publications in peer-reviewed journals, suggesting academics should be wary of too […]