Many discussions have enlarged the literature in Bibliometrics since the Hirsh proposal, the so called h-index. Ranking papers according to their citations, this index quantifies a researcher only by its greatest possible number of papers that are cited at least h times. A closed formula for h-index distribution that can be applied for distinct databases is not yet known. In fact, to obtain suc...

Bibliometric indicators, citation counts and/or download counts are increasingly being used to inform personnel decisions such as hiring or promotions. These statistics are very often misused. Here we provide a guide to the factors which should be considered when using these so-called quantitative measures to evaluate people. Rules of thumb are given for when begin to use bibliometric measures ...

Plant polysaccharides are rich in physiological activities, which beneficial for developing new drugs, nutraceuticals and functional foods. Cactus is of interest to researchers agronomy, medicine food chemistry because its long history medicinal use, simple growing requirements biological basis becoming a green vegetable. This review provides the first summary analysis research cactus through b...

Appears in: INTED2023 Proceedings Publication year: 2023Pages: 5754-5757ISBN: 978-84-09-49026-4ISSN: 2340-1079doi: 10.21125/inted.2023.1508Conference name: 17th International Technology, Education and Development ConferenceDates: 6-8 March, 2023Location: Valencia, Spain

Iranian medical universities choose their best researchers in each field annually. The protocols of this process have been modified quite often, but the changes were not fundamental and did not lead to all-inclusive evaluation tools. The recent article in Asia Pacific Journal of Medical Toxicology, which proposes a scoring scale for evaluation of scientist's impact called "360-degree researcher...