Category Archives: Metrics-y stuff

Counting chemists

Posted on April 14, 2017 by stu

There’s a new paper out in PLOS One called A systematic identification and analysis of scientists on Twitter – yay! Being a big fan of science and Twitter, this sounds good. Unfortunately, I became aware of the paper because @Teachforaliving … Continue reading →

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Imperfect impact

Posted on January 23, 2016 by stu

The problems with impact factors are well known – I could give you a long list of things to read that explain why, but just start with this blog post from Stephen Curry and go from there. I have a … Continue reading →

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