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New Academic Tool Recalculates Researcher Impact with Author Position Weighting

A new browser extension called GScholarLens is challenging traditional academic metrics by introducing a weighted h-index that accounts for author position. The tool gives highest weighting to last and first authors, potentially offering a more nuanced view of research contributions. Early reactions from the academic community show both support and skepticism about this new approach to measuring scholarly impact.

New Metric Challenges Traditional Academic Impact Measurements

A recently launched browser extension is reportedly transforming how academic impact is calculated by accounting for author position in research publications, according to reports. The tool, called GScholarLens, introduces a weighted version of the traditional h-index that gives different credit to authors based on their position in author lists.