Preference Selection Index Method (PSIM)

The Preference Selection Index Method was created in (2010) and provides an innovative approach to determining the relative importance of criteria without pairwise comparisons, unlike the Analytic Hierarchy Process. The Preference Selection Index Method uses statistical methods to calculate the criteria weights and reflects their relative importance in the final decision-making process, offering an objective and non-subjective solution. This method is beneficial in multi-criteria decision analysis. The 'PSIM' package provides a practical and accessible tool for implementing the Preference Selection Index Method in R. It calculates the weights of criteria and makes the method available to researchers, analysts, and professionals without the need to develop complex calculations manually. More details about the Preference Selection Index Method can be found in Maniya K. and Bhatt M. G.(2010) .

Robust Effect Size Index (RESI) Estimation

Summarize model output using a robust effect size index. The index is introduced in Vandekar, Tao, & Blume (2020, ). Software paper available at .

Simulating the Development of h-Index Values

H-index and h-alpha are a bibliometric indicators. This package provides functions to simulate how these indicators may develop over time for a given set of researchers and to visualize the simulation data. The implementation is based on the 'STATA' ado h-index and is described in more detail in Bornmann et al. (2019) .

Superior Identification Index and Its Extensions

Calculate superior identification index and its extensions. Measure the performance of journals based on how well they could identify the top papers by any index (e.g. citation indices) according to Huang & Yang. (2022) . These methods could be extended to evaluate other entities such as institutes, countries, etc.

Seed Germination and Seedling Growth Indexes

Functions to calculate seed germination and seedling emergence and growth indexes. The main indexes for germination and seedling emergence, considering the time for seed germinate are: T10, T50 and T90, in Farooq et al. (2005) <10.1111/j.1744-7909.2005.00031.x>; and MGT, in Labouriau (1983). Considering the germination speed are: Germination Speed Index, in Maguire (1962), Mean Germination Rate, in Labouriau (1983); considering the homogeneity of germination are: Coefficient of Variation of the Germination Time, in Carvalho et al. (2005) <10.1590/S0100-84042005000300018>, and Variance of Germination, in Labouriau (1983); Uncertainty, in Labouriau and Valadares (1976) ; and Synchrony, in Primack (1980). The main seedling indexes are Growth, in Sako (2001), Uniformity, in Sako (2001) and Castan et al. (2018) ; and Vigour, in Medeiros and Pereira (2018) .

Deficit Index (DI)

A set of utilities for calculating the Deficit (frailty) Index (DI) in gerontological studies. The deficit index was first proposed by Arnold Mitnitski and Kenneth Rockwood and represents a proxy measure of aging and also can be served as a sensitive predictor of survival. For more information, see (i)"Accumulation of Deficits as a Proxy Measure of Aging" by Arnold B. Mitnitski et al. (2001), The Scientific World Journal 1, ; (ii) "Frailty, fitness and late-life mortality in relation to chronological and biological age" by Arnold B Mitnitski et al. (2001), BMC Geriatrics2002 2(1), .

Regional Vulnerability Index

The Regional Vulnerability Index (RVI), a statistical measure of brain structural abnormality, quantifies an individual's similarity to the expected pattern (effect size) of deficits in schizophrenia (Kochunov P, Fan F, Ryan MC, et al. (2020) ).

Calculates and Analyzes the Proliferative Index

Provides functions for calculating and analyzing the proliferative index (PI) from an RNA-seq dataset. As described in Ramaker & Lasseigne, et al. bioRxiv, 2016 .

Simple Blinding Index for Randomized Controlled Trials

Computes a simple blinding index for randomized controlled trials introduced in Petroff, Bacak, Dagres, Dilk, Wachter: A simple blinding index for randomized controlled trials. Contemp Clin Trials Commun. 2024 Nov 26;42:101393. . PMID: 39686958.

Calculate the Dutch Air Quality Index (LKI)

Calculates the dutch air quality index (LKI). This index was created on the basis of scientific studies of the health effects of air pollution. From these studies it can be deduced at what concentrations a certain percentage of the population can be affected. For more information see: < https://www.rivm.nl/bibliotheek/rapporten/2014-0050.pdf>.