Earlier this year, my scientific article, "Traditional indicators inflate some countries’ scientific impact over 10 times," was published in the Scientometrics journal. For anyone interested in the field, the full text is available at https://rdcu.be/b0ZF0. However, rather than discussing the subject matter of this particular research, I want to analyze its broader implications.

The title itself is instead telling. Leaving the subject aside, it implies that specific indicators were used in the professional community, which are sometimes 10 times off. At least that is what I claim in the article, and the arguments appeared sufficiently solid to be published by a leading periodical in the field, issued by the Springer company.

The full article is here.