English: A minimalist paper evaluation function. As one possible general-purpose PEF, I suggest the “scitureH” index, which is an average of at least eight scientists’ desired-impact ratings (in impact-factor units), weighted by the scientists’ H-indices. Such an index could serve to provide ongoing open evaluation of papers published under the current system. An icon summarizing the index and its precision (left) could be added to online representations of papers (right), either by the publishers themselves or by independent web-portals providing access to the literature.