%0 Journal Article %@ 1756-1833 %A Horne, R %A Petrie, KJ %A Wessely, S %D 2009 %F discovery:1367283 %J BMJ (Online) %N 7735 %T H-index pathology: Implications for medical researchers and practitioners %U https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1367283/ %V 339 %X The h-index has quickly become the standard method by which medical schools judge the impact of medical researchers. Rob Horne, Keith Petrie, and Simon Wessely describe a cluster of potentially pathological behaviours associated with the index. %Z © BMJ Publishing Group Ltd 2009