WHERE DO CLAIMS OF THOUSANDS OF PAPERS DEBUNKING AGW COME FROM ?
TRY THIS EXPOSE OF H-INDEX INFLATION:
How to shine in Indonesian science? Game the system
It didn’t take curious scientists long to figure out why. The honors went to top scorers in Indonesia’s Science and Technology Index (SINTA), a system introduced in early 2017 to measure research performance. Critics showed that several winners had inflated their SINTA score by publishing large numbers of papers in low-quality journals, citing their own work excessively, or forming networks of scientists who cited each other...
... As a result, the number of papers published by authors in Indonesia has soared from just under 7000 in 2014 tomore than 28,000 last year, according to Scopus, a database operated by Dutch publisher Elsevier. Indonesia seems set to overtake Malaysia as the region’s biggest research producer by 2020.
SINTA—also the name of a Sanskrit goddess—turned the pressure up a notch. It combines data from Scopus and Google Scholar with information submitted by Indonesian academics to track published papers, citations, and researchers’ h-index, a controversial metric reflecting both output quantity and citations. These numbers... may also help with promotions and salary negotiations...
“There is nothing like [SINTA] that I know of,” says Diana Hicks, a research metrics expert at the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta.,,, “Although the original aim was sincere,” discussions soon turned to gaming the system, says plant biologist Andik Wijayanto of the State University of Malang.
In October 2018, Anis Fuad, a health informatician at Gadjah Mada University in Yogyakarta, presented RISTEK with a detailed analysis of the problems. Indonesia’s most-cited 2018 paper so far wasn’t a major breakthrough, Fuad noted, but a study titled “Analysis of Student Satisfaction Toward Quality of Service Facility,” presented at a workshop co-organized by the Indonesian Publications Collaboration Community (KO2PI) and published in conference proceedings, a type of publication that gets minimal peer review. The study had been cited 42 times, often in papers on unrelated topics—including mosque architecture and cold storage of fish—that were also published in conference series or in low-quality open-access journals
SOUND FAMILIAR ? --
The Heartland Institute "global warming experts" list contains vanishingly few researchers who consider themselves climate scientists and who regularly publish papers supporting their climate science views in reputable peer-reviewed journals (e.g., not Energy and Environment).
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Documents written by or referencing this person or organization are in the Anti-Environmental Archive, some 3,500 documents covering 350 organizations and individuals.Access the index to the Anti-Environmental Archives here.As of December 2009, individuals on the list were[1]:
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- Syun-Ichi Akasofu, Founding Director, International Arctic Research Center
- David Archibald, Scientist (no affiliation given)
- J. Scott Armstrong, Professor, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
- Dennis Avery, Senior Fellow, The Heartland Institute
- Sallie Baliunas, Astrophysicist and Senior Scientist, George C. Marshall Institute
- Timothy Ball, Environmental Consultant and Former Climatology Professor, University of Winnipeg
- Robert Balling, Professor of Climatology, Arizona State University
- Joseph Bast, President and CEO, The Heartland Institute
- E. Calvin Beisner, National Spokesman, Cornwall Alliance for the Stewardship of Creation
- David Bellamy, Botanist, The Conservation Foundation (UK)
- Sonja Boehmer-Christiansen, Reader in Geography, University of Hull
- Donald Boudreaux , Chairman, Department of Economics, George Mason University (and Adjunct Scholar at the Cato Institute - Ed.)
- Alexandra (Sandy) Bourne, Senior Fellow, The Heartland Institute
- Robert Bradley, President, Institute for Energy Research
- William Briggs, Statistical Consultant, New York Methodist Hospital
- H. Sterling Burnett, Senior Fellow, National Center for Policy Analysis
- Robert Carter , Marine Geologist, James Cook University
- Randall Cerveny, Associate Professor of Geography, Arizona State University
- John Charles, President and CEO, Cascade Policy Institute
- Paul Chesser, Director, Climate Strategies Watch
- Kenneth Chilton, Director, Institute for Study of Economics and the Environment
- John Christy, Director, Earth System Science Center, University of Alabama at Huntsville
- Ian Clark, Professor of Earth Sciences, University of Ottawa
- John Coleman, Meteorologist, KUSI-TV San Diego
- Ralph Conner, Local Legislation Manager, The Heartland Institute
- Roy Cordato, Vice President for Research, John Locke Foundation
- Richard Courtney, Energy and Environment Consultant
- Joseph D'Aleo, Executive Director, Icecap.us
- Chris de Freitas, Associate Professor, University of Auckland
- Peter Dietze, Energy Advisor and Climate Modeler, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
- David Douglass, Professor of Physics, University of Rochester
- Paul Driessen, Senior Fellow, Committee for a Constructive Tomorrow
- John Dunn, Policy Advisor, The Heartland Institute
- Freeman Dyson, Emeritus Professor of Physics, Institute for Advanced Studies at Princeton
- Myron Ebell, Director, Energy and Global Warming Policy, Competitive Enterprise Institute
- Michael Economides, Professor, Cullen College of Engineering, University of Houston
- Robert Essenhigh, Bailey Professor of Mechanical Engineering, The Ohio State University
- Christopher Essex, Professor, Department of Applied Mathematics, University of Western Ontario
- Michael Fox, Consultant, Nuclear Energy
- Dan Gainor, Vice President, Business & Media Institute
- Lee Gerhard, Senior Scientist Emeritus, University of Kansas
- Ivar Giaever, Fellow, American Physical Society
- Indur Goklany, Visiting Fellow, American Enterprise Institute
- Fred Goldberg, Climate Analyst
- Stanley Goldenberg, Meteorologist, Hurricane Research Division/AOML/NOAA
- Robert Gordon, President, Responsible Resources
- Lawrence Gould, Professor of Physics, University of Hartford
- Vincent Gray, Expert Reviewer, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
- William Gray, Emeritus Professor of Atmospheric Science, Colorado State University
- Kenneth Green, Resident Scholar, American Enterprise Institute
- Kesten Green, Senior Research Fellow, Monash University
- Tom Harris, Executive Director, International Climate Science Coalition
- Howard Hayden, Professor of Physics Emeritus, University of Connecticut
- David Henderson, Former Head, Economics and Statistics Department, Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development
- Ben Herman, Professor, University of Arizona Institute of Atmospheric Physics
- Donald Hertzmark, Adjunct Professor in Global Electricity Markets, Johns Hopkins University
- Art Horn, Meteorologist, The Art of Weather
- Chris Horner, Senior Fellow, Competitive Enterprise Institute
- Craig Idso, Founder and Chairman, Center for the Study of Carbon Dioxide and Global Change
- Andrei Illarionov, Senior Fellow, Cato Institute
- Roy Innis, National Chairman and CEO, Congress of Racial Equality
- Kiminori Itoh, Professor, Yokohama National University
- Yuri Izrael, Vice Chairman, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
- James Johnston, Senior Fellow, The Heartland Institute
- Madhav Khandekar, Former Research Scientist, Environment Canada (and on Friends of Science advisory board - Ed.)
- William Kininmonth, Scientist, Australasian Climate Research
- Václav Klaus, President, Czech Republic
- Hans Labohm, Guest Teacher, Netherlands Defense Academy
- Christopher Landsea, Science and Operations Officer, National Hurricane Center
- David Legates, Climatologist and Director, Delaware Environmental Observing System
- Jay Lehr, Science Director, The Heartland Institute
- Marlo Lewis, Senior Fellow, Competitive Enterprise Institute
- Henry Linden, Professor of Energy and Power Engineering and Management, Illinois Institute of Technology
- Richard Lindzen, Alfred P. Sloan Professor of Meteorology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Craig Loehle, Principal Scientist, National Council for Air and Stream Improvement
- Bjorn Lomborg, Director, Copenhagen Consensus Centre
- Leon Louw, Executive Director, Free Market Foundation
- Anthony Lupo, Associate Professor of Atmospheric Science, University of Missouri - Columbia
- Howard Maccabee, Founding President, Doctors for Disaster Preparedness
- Ken Malloy, Executive Director, Center for the Study of Carbon and Energy Markets
- Jim Martin, President, 60 Plus Association
- Phelim McAleer, Director and Producer, Not Evil Just Wrong
- Ann McElhinney, Director and Producer, Not Evil Just Wrong
- Ross McKitrick, Associate Professor of Economics, University of Guelph
- Owen McShane, Chairman, Policy Panel, New Zealand Climate Science Coalition
- Fred Michel, Director, Institute of Environmental Science, Carleton University
- Steven Milloy, Portfolio Manager, Free Enterprise Action Fund
- Ferenc Miskolczi, Atmospheric Physicist (no affiliation given)
- Barun Mitra, Founder and Director, Liberty Institute
- Christopher Monckton, Chief Policy Advisor, Science and Public Policy Institute
- Marc Morano, Communications Director(sic), Senate Environment and Public Works Committee
- Julian Morris, Executive Director, International Policy Network
- Robert Murphy, Economist, Institute for Energy Research
- Iain Murray, Director of Projects and Analysis/Senior Fellow, Competitive Enterprise Institute
- Todd Myers, Environmental Director, Washington Policy Center
- James O'Brien, Professor Emeritus of Meteorology and Oceanography, The Florida State University
- Kendra Okonski, Former Environment Programme Director, International Policy Network
- R. Timothy Patterson, Professor of Geology, Carleton University
- Benny Peiser, Social Anthropologist
- Alfred Pekarek, Assistant Professor of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, St. Cloud State University
- Roger Pielke, Professor and Fellow, Cooperative Institute for Research in the Environmental Sciences
- Ian Plimer, Professor of Mining Geology, The University of Adelaide
- Eric Posmentier, Adjunct Faculty Member, Dartmouth College
- Andreas Prokoph, Adjunct Professor, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Ottawa
- Richard Rahn, Chairman, Institute for Global Economic Growth
- Paul Reiter, Professor, Institut Pasteur
- Ronald Rychlak, Professor of Law and Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, University of Mississippi School of Law
- Harrison Schmitt, Former NASA Astronaut and U.S. Senator
- David Schnare, Senior Fellow - Energy and the Environment, Thomas Jefferson Institute for Public Policy
- Joel Schwartz, Visiting Scholar, American Enterprise Institute
- Tom Segalstad, Associate Professor of Resource and Environmental Geology, University of Oslo
- Nir Shaviv, Professor, Racah Institute of Physics
- Daniel Simmons, Director of State Affairs, Institute for Energy Research
- S. Fred Singer, Founder and President, Science and Environmental Policy Project
- Fred Smith, President and Founder, Competitive Enterprise Institute
- Lawrence Solomon, Founder and Managing Director, Energy Probe Research Foundation
- Willie Soon, Chief Science Advisor, Science and Public Policy Institute ( BSc UNIVERSITY OF SARAWAK )
- Douglas Southgate, Environmental Economist, Department of Agricultural, Environmental, and Development , Ohio State University
- Roy Spencer, Principal Research Scientist, University of Alabama at Huntsville
- John Sununu, President, JHS Associates, Ltd.
- Gordon Swaters, University of Alberta
- Thomas Tanton, Fellow in Environmental Studies, Pacific Research Institute
- George Taylor, State Climatologist and Faculty Member, Oregon State University
- James Taylor, Senior Fellow, The Heartland Institute
- Mitch Taylor, Polar Bear Biologist, Lakehead University
- John Theon, (no affiliation given)
- Margo Thorning, Senior Vice President and Chief Economist, American Council for Capital Formation
- David Tuerck, President, Beacon Hill Institute
- Brian Valentine, General Engineer, U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
- G. Cornelis van Kooten, Professor and Canada Research Chair, University of Victoria
- Jan Veizer, Professor, University of Ottawa
- Paul Waggoner, Distinguished Scientist, The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station
- Anthony Watts, Founder, SurfaceStations.org
- Gerd-Rainer Weber, Scientist, German Coal Mining Association
- Boris Winterhalter, Senior Marine Research (retired), Geological Survey of Finland
- David Wojick, Consultant, Office of Scientific and Technical Information
- Miklos Zagoni, Physicist and Science Historian, Eotvos Lorand University (Budapest)
