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Selected Works of Nader Ale Ebrahim
Unpublished Paper
Modified Kardashian index (MK-index): A measure of discrepant social media profile for scientists
(2015)
  • Nader Ale Ebrahim
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Abstract
This study propose a “Modified Kardashian index” (MK-index), a measure of discrepancy between a scientist’s publication record and social media based on the Hall (2014) K-index. A direct comparison of numbers of citations on Google Scholar and Twitter followers, are used to measure the MK-Index.
Keywords
  • Kardashian index,
  • H-index,
  • Publication marketing,
  • Improve citations,
  • Maximized research visibility,
  • Increase research impact
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Publication Date
March 30, 2015
Citation Information
Nader Ale Ebrahim. 2015. "Modified Kardashian index (MK-index): A measure of discrepant social media profile for scientists" The SelectedWorks of Nader Ale Ebrahim Available at: http://works.bepress.com/aleebrahim/98