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Kardashian index: a standalone construct

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Science communication

a ratio comparing a scientist's social media following with the following expected from their citation record.

In science communication, Kardashian index refers to a ratio comparing a scientist's social media following with the following expected from their citation record. This meaning comes from Hall (2014) in Genome Biology.[1]

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References

  1. Hall, N. (2014). The Kardashian index: a measure of discrepant social media profile for scientists. Genome Biology, 15(7). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13059-014-0424-0

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