Beyond the H-Index: Why Science Needs a Fairer Metric
By the Chief Data Scientist, SciRank Global In the world of bibliometrics, we have a measurement problem. For decades, the scientific community has relied on a handful of static numbers—the H-index, raw citation counts, and total publication volume—to determine who “matters” in science. These metrics determine tenure, funding, and prestige. But as a data scientist,…