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Research Impact Tools and Metrics

Workshop outline

This workshop will help you gain familiarity with tools for measuring scholarship and outputs of research. We will cover

  • Resources for finding credible journals in your field
  • Library databases for journal impact measures
  • Tools for measuring citation counts and tracing citations
  • Options for managing your scholarly identity and visibility
  • Resources for open access publishing

A note about database access

The Georgia Tech Library uses OpenAthens for authentication, and some of our databases require the GT VPN off campus. The video below offers more information on troubleshooting access issues.

Troubleshooting access issues

For more information

UNESCO's publication Research Evaluation Metrics gives an introduction to research evaluation metrics and related indicators.