Hirsch Index and its Influence on the Development of Medical Science
Abstract
In recent years, Hirsch index (HI) has become one of the most important criteria for evaluating creative and publication activity of the researcher. However, it is not universal, and causes a lot of complaints.
Purpose: to show a wide audience the role of Hirsch index in the modern scientific process and give it a critical evaluation.
Materials and methods. Search in the scientific electronic library (http://elibrary.ru/) for “h-index” gave the following result – 2074 publication. Narrowing this search for “HI medicine”, we got the following results – published and stored in a library 458 articles on the subject. Analyze a number of publications is not washed away, especially since their number dominant – it is not cited publication. From the general list work, which cited more than 10 times were selected (they are presented in the bibliography). Not all of them presented as free full version. Texts which are available for reading, used in the discussion. Besides the work done in the critical analysis of the recommendations to improve the Hirsch index, presented on the site http://elibrary.pro/rinc-i-indeksy.html.
Results and discussion. The article presents the author's views on the role of HI and were gave critical point of view on the subject.
Conclusion. The Hirsch index is good as an excellent researcher catalyst, but it is bad as the criterion of truth. One can not but agree with the majority of Russian professionals, that HI is more like a kind of pseudo-confusion, rather than the real objective tool used in the process of cognition. But, at the same time, its historical role is enormous. Appearance of HI on our domestic scientific field roused the Russian scientific process, forced to seek more equitable criteria for the assessment of high-tech research.
About the Author
G. G. Karmazanovsky
A.V. Vishnevsky Institute of Surgery;
I.M. Sechenov 1st Moscow State Medical University;
Ramsay Diagnostics
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
doct. of med. sci., professor, corresponding member of Russian Academy of Science, Head of Department of Radiology, Bolshaya Serpukhovskaya str., 27, Moscow, 117997;
professor of Chair of Radiology of IPE;
Chief Specialist
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Karmazanovsky G.G. Hirsch Index and its Influence on the Development of Medical Science. Medical Visualization. 2016;(5):128-137. (In Russ.)
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