Kardashian Index: Difference between revisions

The '''Kardashian Index''' ('''K-Index'''), named after [[Kim Kardashian]], is a satirical measure of the discrepancy between a scientist's [[social media]] profile and [[publication]] record.<ref name = "originalarticle">{{cite journal|title=The Kardashian index: a measure of discrepant social media profile for scientists|url=http://genomebiology.com/content/pdf/s13059-014-0424-0.pdf|journal=Genome Biology|issue=7|date=July 30, 2014|accessdate=August 15, 2014|doi=10.1186/s13059-014-0424-0|volume=15|pages=424|pmid=25315513|pmc=4165362 | last1 = Hall | first1 = N}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Griggs |first=Mary Beth |title=When Scientists, Social Media, and the Kardashians Collide |url=https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/when-scientists-social-media-and-kardashians-collide-180952255/ |date=August 15, 2014 |access-date=2022-04-17 |magazine=Smithsonian Magazine |language=en |quote=The paper, meant to be satirical, was titled 'The Kardashian index: a measure of discrepant social media profile for scientists' ....}}</ref> Proposed by Neil Hall in 2014, the measure compares the number of followers a [[research scientist]] has on [[Twitter]] to the number of [[citation]]s they have for their [[peer-review]]ed work.