The F7-Index, a New Suggested Index for Scientific Research Activity Assessment

Background: Scientific research is the main target and the golden role of every researcher and scientist all over the world. Many indices are used to evaluate the scientific research activity and productivity, but none of them is global or assesses all aspects of researcher activity. Objective: This article aimed to throw the light on a new index for global multifactorial assessment of all aspects of activity in scientific research. Methods: We searched PubMed, Google Scholar, and Science Direct for Scientific Research, Scientific Productivity, New Index and F-Index. Only the most recent or thorough investigation, from 2006 to 2023 was taken into account. The writer evaluated relevant literature references as well. Documents written in languages other than English have been ignored. Papers that were not regarded as significant scientific research included dissertations, oral presentations, conference abstracts, and unpublished manuscripts were excluded. Conclusion: Many indices are used to assess the scientific researchers' activity, but none of them gives a global or total assessment of the real activity. This article suggested a new method of assessment (F7-Index), which included 7 parameters of assessment with positive and negative scores for a more realistic and global assessment, and the inability to falsely increase the score by self-citation as it takes a negative score. F7-Index is a simple, global, and clear method of assessment and enables easy comparison of the different aspects of researcher activities.