Calibrated Fair Measures of Measure: Indices to Quantify an Individual's Scientific Research Output

TL;DR

This paper introduces calibrated indices for measuring individual scientific research contributions, addressing biases from large collaborations and aiming for fairer assessment across disciplines.

Contribution

It proposes a standardized method to quantify individual contributions in scientific collaborations, accounting for interdependency and reducing bias from large author lists.

Findings

New indices for fair contribution measurement

Addresses bias in large collaborations

Applicable across scientific disciplines

Abstract

Are existing ways of measuring scientific quality reflecting disadvantages of not being part of giant collaborations? How could possible discrimination be avoided? We propose indices defined for each discipline (subfield) and which count the plausible contributions added up by collaborators maintaining the spirit of interdependency. Based on the growing debate about defining potential biases and detecting unethical behavior, a standardized method to measure contributions of the astronomical number of coauthors is introduced.