Readings discussed

  • 8/8/24. We read and discussed a few passages in: H. Berghel, "A Collapsing Academy V: Internal and External Threat Vectors Facing Higher Education" in Computer, vol. 57, no. 07, pp. 166-172, 2024. doi: 10.1109/MC.2024.3395110.
  • 8/1/24. We skimmed and discussed: Turing Award winners don't necessarily have high h-indexes; https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/447802/1/Turing_Award_elites_revisited_patterns_of_productivity_collaboration_authorship_and_impact.pdf
  • 9/26/24. Alonso, S., Cabrerizo, F., Herrera-Viedma, E., & Herrera, F. (2010). hg-index: A new index to characterize the scientific output of researchers based on the h-and g-indices. Scientometrics, 82(2), 391-400. NM reported on it.
    • The H-index undershoots, but G-index overshoots, so it proposed a hybrid: HG-index:  sqrt(H*G). Intent is to use the advantages of both and avoid the disadvantages of each. TO asks why not (H+G)/2? Arithmetic mean vs. geometric mean. HB: why take two bad metrics, mix them together, and assume you're better off?

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