Chapman, Colin A.; Bicca-Marques, Julio Cesar; Calvignac-Spencer, Sebastien; Fan, Pengfei; Fashing, Peter J.; Gogarten, Jan; Guo, Songtao; Hemingway, Claire A.; Leendertz, Fabian; Li, Baoguo; Matsuda, Ikki; Hou, Rong; Serio-Silva, Juan Carlos; Stenseth, Nils Chr.
(The Royal Society Publishing, 2019-11-10)
Being a researcher is a highly competitive profession. The paper examines how authorship, h-index of individuals and journal impact factors are being used and abused, speculating on the consequences of the continued use ...