Saturday 21 July 2018

Measuring the Measurers

An account, strongly suggests that the traditionally simplistic use of citations and journal impact scores is not an effective way of identifying future research 'stars' or rewarding people with promotions (https://www.theguardian.com/science/political-science/2018/jul/10/has-the-tide-turned-towards-responsible-metrics-in-research). Moves towards using metrics in a more sophisticated way, gathering more insights into genuine potential appear to be in the pipeline at a range of institutions..

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What's In a Critter's Name? 11. Comma butterfly

The Comma butterfly ( Polygonia c-album) gets its name from the punctuation-like mark, on the underside of its wings.