Some strangeness from the world of science. :-) :-) :-) The Kardashian Index by Tommaso Dorigo August 4th 2014 http://www.science20.com/a_quantum_diaries_survivor/blog/the_new_bit_of_the_summer_the_kardashian_index-141848
'Kardashian-index' raises awareness of cult of celebrity in sciences, Phys.Org http://phys.org/news/2014-08-tongue-in-cheek-kardashian-index-awareness-cult-celebrity.html Hall, K., 2014, The Kardashian index: a measure of discrepant social media profile for scientists, Genome Biology. vol. 15, no. 424 DOI: 10.1186/s13059-014-0424-0 , http://genomebiology.com/2014/15/7/424 Proposes the ‘Kardashian Index’ to measure "the discrepancy between a scientist’s social media profile and publication record based on the direct comparison of numbers of citations and Twitter followers." Yours, Paul H. ______________________________________________ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://three.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
