Stop using the h-index

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. 

About the Speaker:

Dr. Stefanie Haustein, PhD,  is associate professor at the School of Information Studies, University of Ottawa, and co-director of the Scholarly Communications Lab (ScholCommLab), based in Ottawa and Vancouver, Canada. Her research focuses on research evaluation, scholarly communication, and open science. 

This webinar is part of the Navigating DORA series, led by the University of Calgary's Knowledge Engagement team.

This webinar is open to all UCalgary students, researchers, staff and community members.

About the Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA)

The Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA) is a global initiative to encourage the development and promotion of best practices in evaluation of researchers and the outputs of scholarly research. The University of Calgary signed DORA in January 2021 and is committed to implementing the recommendations in a way that reflects and supports the diversity and priorities of our research community. Learn more.