Impact Factors – ‘Numbers Don't Lie’

Impact factors, H-indexes, and social media mentions. What do these all mean, where do they come from, and should you care about them as a PhD student? Perhaps even more importantly, how else could we measure research impact? Et Al is a podcast about the PhD experience by two actual real life PhD students. Sam is studying public health, and McArthur is studying cognitive science. Show Notes: Taspinar, A., & Sirin, A. (2010). Effect of acupressure on chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting in gynecologic cancer patients in Turkey. European Journal of Oncology Nursing, 14(1), 49-54. 'What is impact factor? Why is it bad...