[Correspondence] Italian Abilitazione Scientifica Nazionale

On July 29, 2016, a new version of the Italian Abilitazione Scientifica Nazionale (ASN; National Scientific Qualification) was launched. Contrary to initial expectations, the new qualification thresholds are lower than those of the first edition from 2012. For psychiatry, for example, the minimal H indexes have now been lowered from 8·5 for associate professor to 7 and from 12·5 for full professor to 12. Retirement of some high-ranking academics is unlikely to have had such a large effect on the bibliometric indicators that are used in the ASN.

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