fossilesque@mander.xyzM to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 1 day agoMary E. Brunkow, one of this year's Nobel Prize winners in Medicine, has only 34 published papers and an H-index of 21.mander.xyzimagemessage-square74fedilinkarrow-up1685arrow-down111
arrow-up1674arrow-down1imageMary E. Brunkow, one of this year's Nobel Prize winners in Medicine, has only 34 published papers and an H-index of 21.mander.xyzfossilesque@mander.xyzM to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square74fedilink
minus-squaretetris11@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up47·1 day agoI have a high school friend who owns a paper mill. He was a rich kid who never did the work, and always took credit for others work. He has an h-index of 90 and 200,000 citations. He is not a professor.
minus-squarewewbull@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·1 day agoA paper mill will produce a lot of papers.
minus-squareerrer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 day agoI am not following…how does he have so many papers with a high number of citations if he is not a professor? Just an extremely prolific postdoc/person on soft money?
minus-squarerf_@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·1 day agoHe owns a paper mill, he games the system
I have a high school friend who owns a paper mill. He was a rich kid who never did the work, and always took credit for others work.
He has an h-index of 90 and 200,000 citations. He is not a professor.
A paper mill will produce a lot of papers.
I am not following…how does he have so many papers with a high number of citations if he is not a professor? Just an extremely prolific postdoc/person on soft money?
He owns a paper mill, he games the system