Research Guides: Intern, Fellow, and Resident research resources: Research metrics

Research metrics

Measure the "impact" of a journal, find a journal to publish in, or look at the metrics (or H-index) for specific researchers. Expand the reach of your research by registering for a Google Scholar account, and get an ORCIDiD.

A metric proposed by Hirsch (PNAS; 2005 102(46):16569), the H-index combines measures of productivity (number of articles published) and impact (number of citations for each paper). The H-index of an author is the largest number h such that h articles by that author have been cited at least h times each. So an H-index of 15 means the researcher has published at least 15 articles that have been cited at least 15 times each. A researcher’s h-index is expected to increase as their career progresses. H-index can also be measured for journals.

Journal impact/selection

JANE: Journal/Author Name Estimator
Enter the title and/or abstract of the paper in the box, and click on 'Find journals', 'Find authors' or 'Find Articles'. Jane will then compare your document to millions of documents in Medline to find the best matching journals, authors or articles.

Journal Citation Reports
Journal Citation Reports provides transparent, publisher-neutral data and statistics. Open JCR and search by journal name, ISSN, or keyword (for instance, "cardiology" or "medicine"). You can also browse by category or journal.
Scopus
Scopus produces a CiteScore metric that measures average citations received per document published in the serial based on a 4-year citation window and includes articles, reviews, conference papers, book chapters and data papers. To find the CiteScore metric, open Scopus and click on "Sources" at the top of the page.
Web of Science
Use the Analyze Results tool to help you find which journals are publishing on your topic. Search on your topic, then click on Analyze Results at the top right of the results list. At the next screen, select Source Title and the number of titles you want to see. The journals with the most citations matching your topic will then display.

Researcher impact

Google Scholar
Search author’s name in Google Scholar. If the author has set up a public profile in Google Scholar their profile page (with h-index) will be shown. If you have a profile page in Google Scholar, there is an author search on your profile page that searches for public profiles in Google Scholar; you can also search institutions in this search

Scopus
Do an author search in Scopus. For each author cluster the h-index is displayed; click on the author’s name for more detailed information. If needed, select multiple author clusters and click on View Citation Overview link above the author list.
Web of Science
Do an author search in Web of Science. In the Author Search Results page, click on “View full Citation Report” (right side of page); the citation report includes the h-index.

Researcher profiles

Create an ORCID id and a Google Scholar profile to distinguish yourself from other researchers and increase the reach of your research.

ORCID
ORCID provides a persistent digital identifier (an ORCIDiD) that you own and control, and that distinguishes you from every other researcher. You can connect your iD with your professional information — affiliations, grants, publications, peer review, and more. You can use your iD to share your information with other systems, ensuring you get recognition for all your contributions, saving you time and hassle, and reducing the risk of errors.
Google Scholar profiles
Google Scholar Profiles provide a simple way for authors to showcase their academic publications. You can check who is citing your articles, graph citations over time, and compute several citation metrics. You can also make your profile public, so that it may appear in Google Scholar results when people search for your name, e.g., richard feynman.

Intern, Fellow, and Resident research resources: Research metrics

Research metrics

Journal impact/selection

Researcher impact

Researcher profiles

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