Stop using the h-index. Educating researchers about scholarly metrics

Talk given at University of Calgary, online, 28 March 2023 A Navigating DORA Webinar | Tuesday, March 28, 2023, 12 p.m. - 1 p.m. MT The quantification and oversimplification of academic success is harming scholarly communities in all disciplines. Scholarly metrics, such as the h-index or impact factor, are widely applied in academic tenure and funding decisions, but often inappropriately. This has created publication pressure, leading to a range of adverse effects and even scientific misconduct. Join UCalgary’s Knowledge Engagement team, and guest speaker Dr. Stefanie Haustein to discuss research evaluation, and the Metrics Literacies project. To improve the understanding and appropriate use of scholarly metrics, the Metrics Literacies project aims to aims to educate researchers and research administrators about scholarly metrics by developing, testing and disseminating educational videos to reduce the misuse of metrics in academia.This project is funded by Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) Insight Grant #435-2021-0108 "Metrics Literacies: Improving the understanding and appropriate use of scholarly metrics in academia