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The academic welfare state: making peer-review count.

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This study introduces a correction factor to the h-index, a metric for academic output. This new factor recognizes the crucial, yet often overlooked, peer-review effort in scholarly evaluation.

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Qualitative and Quantitative Validation of Tools with Rating Scales Aimed at Assessing the Quality of University Service-Learning

Published on: August 29, 2025

Area of Science:

  • Scholarly Publishing
  • Bibliometrics
  • Academic Evaluation

Background:

  • The peer-review process is fundamental to maintaining academic publishing integrity.
  • Current metrics for academic output, like the h-index, do not account for peer-review contributions.
  • The significant effort involved in peer review is largely unrecognized in academic assessments.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To propose a novel correction factor for the h-index.
  • To integrate the value of peer-review effort into academic output metrics.
  • To provide a more comprehensive evaluation of an academic's contributions.

Main Methods:

  • Development of a mathematical formula to quantify peer-review effort.
  • Integration of this factor into the existing h-index calculation.
  • Validation of the proposed correction factor against established bibliometric standards.

Main Results:

  • A new, adjusted h-index that incorporates peer-review contributions.
  • Demonstration of how peer-review effort can influence an academic's overall impact score.
  • Quantification of the previously unrecognized value of peer-review activities.

Conclusions:

  • The proposed h-index correction factor offers a more equitable and complete measure of academic productivity.
  • Recognizing peer-review effort can incentivize participation in this vital scholarly activity.
  • This metric enhancement supports a more holistic view of academic contributions beyond traditional citation counts.