eprintid: 1367283 rev_number: 35 eprint_status: archive userid: 608 dir: disk0/01/36/72/83 datestamp: 2012-10-12 18:58:48 lastmod: 2020-02-13 01:20:08 status_changed: 2012-12-05 12:29:57 type: article metadata_visibility: show item_issues_count: 0 creators_name: Horne, R creators_name: Petrie, KJ creators_name: Wessely, S title: H-index pathology: Implications for medical researchers and practitioners ispublished: pub divisions: UCL divisions: A01 divisions: B02 divisions: C08 divisions: D10 divisions: G11 note: © BMJ Publishing Group Ltd 2009 abstract: 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. date: 2009-12 official_url: http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmj.b5356 vfaculties: VFLS oa_status: green language: eng primo: open primo_central: open_green verified: verified_manual elements_source: Scopus elements_id: 420268 doi: 10.1136/bmj.b5356 lyricists_name: Horne, Robert lyricists_id: RHORN95 full_text_status: public publication: BMJ (Online) volume: 339 number: 7735 article_number: b5356 issn: 1756-1833 citation: Horne, R; Petrie, KJ; Wessely, S; (2009) H-index pathology: Implications for medical researchers and practitioners. BMJ (Online) , 339 (7735) , Article b5356. 10.1136/bmj.b5356 <https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.b5356>. Green open access document_url: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1367283/1/1.pdf