The most frequent question asked by a PhD student is about his/her current or future publications. Publications seems to be an important part of any research. How to evaluate the progress of an individual in today's Science World (impact factor of journals VS total number of publications? I am wondering, what's matter more?
Linas, you are right: the RF works just like this, - but does it work correctly? I wonder...
Does one paper published in a Journal with IF around 6.0 really mean more for assessing a researcher's efficiency than three or four papers published in different Journals with IFs between 1.2 and 2.0? For me , just on the contrary!
Perhaps one should use both metrics plus understanding the publications' actual importance and novelty.
Boris, I fully agree with you here. However, please have in mind, that person who asked a question, is in the beginning of the long road. Thus, answer may be simple - multiplying.
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