The Kardashian Index (KI) is a humorous, informal metric that was introduced to describe the discrepancy between the popularity of a person and their academic or professional credentials. Named after celebrity Kim Kardashian, the index is often used in the context of academia and science to highlight cases where individuals with significant social media followings or public personas have relatively low academic impact, as measured by metrics such as citation counts or publication records.
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