The Kinship or k-Index as an Antidote Against the Toxic Effects of h-Indices

Molinié, Antoinette; Bodenhausen, Geoffrey

doi:10.2533/chimia.2011.433

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“…5). These attributions are further supported by the fact that the pK a of a silanol at the surface of silica is around 8.5, 25 whereas that of trialkylsilanols (expected to be close to the pK a of a silanol at a silicon surface) is in the range 12-14; [26][27][28] hence, the softening of the water-OH frequency in a ≡Si-O − • • •H-O-H complex in concentrated KOH solution is expected to be more pronounced for a silanolate at the surface of silicon than for one at the surface of silica. Also, the broad low-energy contribution may result from the presence of NBO sites at the silicon surface through another (non exclusive) mechanism: since the pK a value of a silanol at the silicon surface may approach 14 and titration curves are known to be significantly broadened at surfaces, 29 it is likely that a nonnegligible number of silanol groups (i.e., in the protonated form) will survive at the silicon surface even in our experimental conditions.…”

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Oxide Formation and Dissolution on Silicon in KOH Electrolyte: An In-Situ Infrared Study

Philipsen

Ozanam

Allongue

et al. 2016

J. Electrochem. Soc.

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The n-Si(111)/6 M KOH electrolyte interface has been investigated by in-situ multiple-internal reflection infrared spectroscopy, at room temperature and at 40°C. The potential was stepped successively to positive and negative values with respect to open-circuit potential, during which surface oxidation and oxide dissolution occur, respectively. Infrared spectra were recorded together with the interfacial current. Analysis of the spectra indicates that formation of an oxide layer at the positive potential takes place in two steps: a first step associated with replacement of the surface SiH by SiOH or SiO− groups, and a second step, associated with the formation of SiOSi groups and growth of a passivating oxide layer. The mechanism is strongly dependent on the competition between oxidation and dissolution, which accounts for the complex shape of the current transient and its temperature dependence. At the negative potential, dissolution of the oxide takes place by random pitting, until the hydrogenated surface is restored.

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Oxide Formation and Dissolution on Silicon in KOH Electrolyte: An In-Situ Infrared Study

Philipsen

Ozanam

Allongue

et al. 2016

J. Electrochem. Soc.

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“…A more recent driver of editorial policy among professional research journals, such as Emu has become, is the increasingly pervasive practice of measuring the status of both authors and journals via citation indices (e.g. Hirsch 2005), despite the many shortcomings of such an approach (see Molinie and Bodenhausen 2011). Journals that are cited more attract papers by authors for whom this metric is important.…”

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From little things, big things grow; trends and fads in 110 years of Australian ornithology

2013

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Publishing histories can reveal changes in ornithological effort, focus or direction through time. This study presents a bibliometric content analysis of Emu (1901-2011) which revealed 115 trends (long-term changes in publication over time) and 18 fads (temporary increases in publication activity) from the classification of 9,039 articles using 128 codes organised into eight categories (author gender, author affiliation, article type, subject, main focus, main method, geographical scale and geographical location). Across 110 years, private authorship declined, while publications involving universities and multiple institutions increased; from 1960, female authorship increased. Over time, question-driven studies and incidental observations increased and decreased in frequency, respectively. Single species and 'taxonomic group' subjects increased while studies of birds at specific places decreased. The focus of articles shifted from species distribution and activities of the host organisation to breeding, foraging and other biological/ecological topics. Site-and Australian-continental-scales slightly decreased over time; non-Australian studies increased from the 1970s. A wide variety of fads occurred (e.g. articles on bird distribution, 1942-1951, and using museum specimens, 1906-1913) though the occurrence of fads decreased over time. Changes over time are correlated with technological, theoretical, social and institutional changes, and suggest ornithological priorities, like those of other scientific disciplines, are temporally labile.

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“…This situation has been eloquently criticized by Molinie and Bodenhausen (Molinie & Bodenhausen, 2010) and wholeheartedly endorsed in an essay by Ernst (2010). The former authors then proposed a different index, named tongue‐in‐cheek the k ‐factor, where k stood for kinship (Molinie & Bodenhausen, 2011). It is illustrative that according to SciFinder, the Molinie–Bodenhausen papers have collectively been cited four times since publication.…”

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How I have learnt to ignore bibliometrics

Tureček

2022

Mass Spectrometry Reviews

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In 1970, when I started doing research in physical organic chemistry as an undergraduate at the Natural Sciences Faculty of Charles University in Prague, the various forms of bibliometrics, such as impact factors, citation indexes, and the h-factor, were unknown. In those days, the quality of research was judged by its novelty, elegance, and usefulness, which in turn was discussed with colleagues and appreciated after one read the papers or attended a lecture. Things have changed since, and now many an academic or government bureaucrat is collecting bibliometric information on scientists in their institution and journals they publish in, to perform what is essentially a scalar ranking similar to a body mass index (BMI). This situation has been eloquently criticized by Molinie and Bodenhausen (Molinie & Bodenhausen, 2010) and wholeheartedly endorsed in an essay by Ernst (2010). The former authors then proposed a different index, named tongue-in-cheek the k-factor, where k stood for kinship (Molinie & Bodenhausen, 2011). It is illustrative that according to SciFinder, the Molinie-Bodenhausen papers have collectively been cited four times since publication. The obvious problem with the various indexes is that they do not relate the bibliometric response to the paper's scientific quality or usefulness. To highlight the point using examples from my own production, let me take my most frequently cited article (thinly veiled here as paper 1, >6400 citations since 1999) and compare it with my other paper (paper 2) with about 108 citations since 1984. According to these figures, paper 1 should be 59-fold better. However, when I use a different metric, such as how frequently these papers are read, the ratio is reversed, as the 1984 paper has been receiving, on average about 1000 reads annually over the last several years, while the 1999 paper is not read much. This raises two questions: (1): Would you not prefer having your papers widely read rather than cited? and (2): if people don't read an article, what is the point of citing it? With this in mind, I am taking the opportunity in this essay to reminisce on a few past research projects that were reported in papers that I value despite their abysmally low citation count.

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The Kinship or k-Index as an Antidote Against the Toxic Effects of h-Indices

Cited by 5 publications

References 7 publications

Oxide Formation and Dissolution on Silicon in KOH Electrolyte: An In-Situ Infrared Study

Oxide Formation and Dissolution on Silicon in KOH Electrolyte: An In-Situ Infrared Study

From little things, big things grow; trends and fads in 110 years of Australian ornithology

How I have learnt to ignore bibliometrics

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