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NL888 Posted 13 years ago
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What does "the average of their scholarly field" mean? Average what?

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In October, Menczer's team published a paper1 arguing that the best statistical way to remove disciplinary bias is to divide a researcher’s h-index by the average of their scholarly field.

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http://www.nature.com/news/who-is-the-best-scientist-of-them-all-1.14108
  

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, , , to divide a researcher’s h-index by the average of their scholarly field . . to divide a researcher’s h-index by the average h-index of all the other scholars in their field It's a way of comparing eg a physicist to all other physicists.

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  • , , , to divide a researcher’s h-index by the average of their scholarly field .
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  • to divide a researcher’s h-index by the average h-index of all the other scholars in their field It's a way of comparing eg a physicist to all other physicists.
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, , , to divide a researcher’s h-index by the average of their scholarly field.

. . . to divide a researcher’s h-index by the average h-index of all the other scholars in their field

It's a way of comparing eg a physicist to all other physicists.


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