An attempt to rationalize the use of bibliometric data: The Leiden manifesto
Last week Nature published the "Leiden manifesto for research metrics", which is a very well thought set of principles for a more rational use of bibliometric data by Universities and funding agencies. I would like everybody to read it because it provides an overview of the evolution of research metrics, their initial objectives, and how they have been used in a misguided manner. I completely endorse the manifesto, and strongly believe that in the past decades the "index obs