Kardashian Index

The Kardashian Index (K-Index), named after media personality Kim Kardashian, is a satirical measure of the discrepancy between a scientist's social media profile and publication record.^[1]^[2] Proposed by Neil Hall in 2014, the measure compares the number of followers a research scientist has on Twitter to the number of citations they have for their peer-reviewed work.

^ Hall, N (July 30, 2014). "The Kardashian index: a measure of discrepant social media profile for scientists". Genome Biology. 15 (7): 424. doi:10.1186/s13059-014-0424-0. PMC 4165362. PMID 25315513.
^ Griggs, Mary Beth (August 15, 2014). "When Scientists, Social Media, and the Kardashians Collide". Smithsonian Magazine. Retrieved 2022-04-17. The paper, meant to be satirical, was titled 'The Kardashian index: a measure of discrepant social media profile for scientists' ....

[originalarticle-1] Hall, N (July 30, 2014). "The Kardashian index: a measure of discrepant social media profile for scientists". Genome Biology. 15 (7): 424. doi:10.1186/s13059-014-0424-0. PMC 4165362. PMID 25315513.

[Griggs2014-2] Griggs, Mary Beth (August 15, 2014). "When Scientists, Social Media, and the Kardashians Collide". Smithsonian Magazine. Retrieved 2022-04-17. The paper, meant to be satirical, was titled 'The Kardashian index: a measure of discrepant social media profile for scientists' ....

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