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Research Impact Tools and Metrics

Measure citation counts and trace citations

Article and author impact measures traditionally revolve around citation counts, which you can access through Web of Science, Scopus, and Google Scholar (see Journal Impact tab), Dimensions.ai and other databases.

An author's h-index is defined as the largest number h such that h publications have at least h citations each. Author profiles from Google Scholar, Web of Science and Scopus display an h-index value calculated based on the publications in that source. For this reason, h-index values will vary depending on which source you consult.

Altmetrics

There are emerging resources for altmetrics (article level metrics or alternative metrics) from non-traditional sources, such as mentions in news sources, blogs or social media, citations in Wikipedia, and so on.

Manage your scholarly identity and visibility

You can manage your scholarly identity and visibility through a number of tactics.