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The Kardashian Index (K-Index), named after Kim Kardashian, is a metric measuring the discrepancy between a scientist's social media profile and publication record. Proposed in 2014, the measure compares the number of followers a research scientist has on Twitter to the number of citations they have for their peer-reviewed work. The relationship between the number of Twitter followers (F) and the number of citations (C) is described as: The Kardashian Index is thus calculated as: where F(a) is the actual number of Twitter followers of researcher X and F(c) is the number researcher should have given their citations. ==Interpretation== A high K-index indicates an over-blown scientific fame while a low K-index suggests that a scientist is being undervalued. According to the author, researchers whose K-index > 5 can be considered 'Science Kardashians'. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア(Wikipedia)』 ■ウィキペディアで「Kardashian Index」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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