On Monday, PLOS Biology published two articles on citation metric-based evaluation of published research. In the first, a Meta-Research Article (a…
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Advocacy Double bill on citation metrics: A new alternative to the Impact Factor plus a handy guide to citation normalization
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Metrics Metrics and Impact – Looking Beyond Research Articles
The PLOS Biology magazine section features perspectives, essays, unsolved mysteries, community pages, and other pieces written by thought-leaders and rising stars from…
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Biology How Much of Your Genome Is Functional?
On the 24th of July, 2014 PLOS Genetics published an article entitled: “8.2% of the Human Genome Is Constrained: Variation in Rates…
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Biology Why I love the H-index
The H-index – a small number with a big impact. First introduced by Jorge E. Hirsh in 2005, it is a relatively…