Science is about Gradual Improvement, not Precise Answers - What research Taught Me SO FAR

Science is about Gradual Improvement, not Precise Answers - What research Taught Me SO FAR

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Earlier this year, my scientific article titled "traditional indicators inflate some countries’ scientific impact over 10 times" was published in the Scientometrics journal. For anyone interested in the field, the full text available at https://rdcu.be/b0ZF0. Here, however, rather than discussing the subject matter of this particular research, I want to analyze its broader implications.

The title itself is rather telling. Leaving the subject matter aside, it implies that certain indicators were in use in the professional community, which are, in some cases, 10 times off. At least that is what I claim in the article, and the arguments appeared sufficiently solid to be published by a leading periodical in the field, issued by the Springer company.

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