It seems incredible but its still this way, journals are the best indicators of research quality according to the latest survey. Researchers believe that Google Scholar (H-Index) is still unreliable, and no university or research center is looking or demanding it seriously; it also adds pressure on scientists, which makes them compete with themselves in a too transparent way and sometimes unfair, since appointments are often much higher in science.
updated by @rafael-hernandez-barros: 21/06/17 01:16:09PM