Evaluation of academic productivity and promotion: which is the best according to what? Hirsch Index and its use in academic psychiatry

Indices like number of publications, citations, funding and awards gives an idea of one part of the productivity of academicians however, a universal metric has not been identified so far. H index is one of the publication metrics that might be used in academic productivity. In this course, definition of the several scientometric parameters including h index will be discussed. Several studies of h index as well as in academic psychiatry will be outlined. H index may be a valuable tool for academic productivity evaluation.