Timeline for If I write a really bad, but controversial, paper, can I increase my h-index?
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| Dec 18, 2020 at 3:43 | comment | added | BCLC | are terms like 'smart' or 'IQ' really scientific though? see NNT aka Nero, Dweck and salman khan | |
| Mar 6, 2014 at 0:09 | answer | added | user13985 | timeline score: -2 | |
| Mar 4, 2014 at 20:13 | answer | added | Dikran Marsupial | timeline score: 1 | |
| Mar 4, 2014 at 20:02 | comment | added | Dikran Marsupial | @Peter Jansson, I could give several examples of such papers that have made it through peer review and gained significant media attention, despite being completely wrong. In fact I have published comments papers refuting two examples of exactly that. In climatology in particular there are many examples to choose from, it is a genuine problem due to the media interest, although it isn't a scientific problem as they tend to be ignored by the scientific community (peer review being only the first step towards acceptance of an idea). | |
| Mar 3, 2014 at 22:43 | comment | added | Koldito | You should worry more about the quality of your research than about your h-index. Remember what Stephen freakin' Hawking replied to the journalist that asked him about his IQ: "I have no idea; people who boast about their IQ are losers". You should have the same attitude towards your h-index. | |
| Mar 3, 2014 at 18:54 | answer | added | Davidmh | timeline score: 0 | |
| Mar 3, 2014 at 15:30 | comment | added | gerrit | Cynically speaking, you might be able to get funding from "certain" sources (in the case of climate change denial, at least). But is that really the career you want to pursue? | |
| Mar 2, 2014 at 22:42 | comment | added | Nick T | h-index is monotonic, nowhere to go but up. It's not really a great measure. | |
| Mar 2, 2014 at 22:30 | answer | added | David | timeline score: 1 | |
| Mar 2, 2014 at 16:53 | comment | added | tobyink | You're not being ambitious enough. You need to write a paper proving that a Zionist pro-vaccine conspiracy caused global warming. | |
| Mar 2, 2014 at 10:21 | comment | added | Marc Claesen | Controversial papers can get a lot of cites. My favorite example is an MD reinventing the Riemann integral, which is highly cited but likely not always in a positive way. | |
| Mar 2, 2014 at 9:19 | answer | added | Rex Kerr | timeline score: 3 | |
| Mar 2, 2014 at 6:56 | answer | added | just-learning | timeline score: 9 | |
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| Mar 2, 2014 at 0:10 | comment | added | badroit | Yes, but it's a terrible idea. Pros: you could potentially increase your h-index by 1. Cons: you're now the author of a widely-known terrible paper. Cons ≫ Pros. | |
| Mar 2, 2014 at 0:04 | answer | added | J. Zimmerman | timeline score: 21 | |
| Mar 1, 2014 at 20:14 | answer | added | Henry | timeline score: 18 | |
| Mar 1, 2014 at 20:06 | comment | added | Quora Feans | @There are enough previous examples of PhDs thesis about these topics. If you are thinking about a serious magazine, well, then probably not (and if it pass, it can be retracted lately). | |
| Mar 1, 2014 at 20:01 | comment | added | Peter Jansson | What makes you think such a paper would pass review? | |
| Mar 1, 2014 at 19:58 | history | asked | Quora Feans | CC BY-SA 3.0 |