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Research Impacts Using Citation Metrics
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Introduction to Guide
This guide introduces
resources that describe, utilize,
and support the current
research landscape.
Considerations of the roles of
author, content, sources, impact,
reputation, rankings, and
benchmarking are increasingly
important in analyzing
contributions to the research life
cycle.
Information here is organized by
the different methods of impact
that the research landscape is
defined by:
Author Impact
Article Impact
Journal/Source Impact
Institutional Impact
Tools are promoted that can be
used to engage in research
metrics. Since the landscape is
constantly changing, Emerging
Metrics are also explored. For
basic information on the Science
Information Lifecycle visit this
tutorial.
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Recommended Methods
Some recommended methods
of research impact and citation
metrics are detailed in the pages
of this guide:
Web of Science Citation Report
(Author Impact)
Google Scholar Author Profile
(Author Impact)
H-Index (Author Impact)
Altmetrics (Article Impact)
Web of Science Cited
Reference Search (Article
Impact)
Journal Citation Reports Impact
Factor (IF) (Journal Impact)
Eigenfactor (Journal Impact)
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Research Impacts Using Metrics
Research impact is a measure of the significance and importance of academic work within a
scholarly community.
Bibliometrics are the use of quantitative tools to study publications and other written material.
Citation metrics focus on the statistical patterns and measurements of citations.
Citation analysis can be used as a quantifiable measure of academic output and research impact,
which can help inform decisions on publication, promotion, and tenure.
Altmetrics is increasingly becoming an alternative and important method of measuring the impact
of scholarly and other output and allows for social media tracking by various indicators such as
number of tweets, blog posts, likes, bookmarks, etc. and are more timely wider-ranging measures
of how
people—both
other researchers and the general public have demonstrated interested in an
individual's work and contributions.
This guide is designed to help faculty members, graduate students and librarians use and
understand the citation analysis tools available to us. At UCI, there is access to some of the major
resources used for citation metrics, for example to obtain an Impact Factor (IF) you could consult
the following tools -- Web of Science, Journal Citation Reports and Google Scholar. Descriptions of
and guides to these tools can be accessed using the above drop-down menu, organized according
to need.
Tools and methods of citation analysis are used to determine:
How many times a publication or author has been cited
Who is citing a publication or author
A journal's impact factor (relative importance in a field or discipline)
An author's published output ranking in a field or discipline.
Because of the limitations of each method, it is important to use multiple methods, sources, and
tools to get a fuller and more complete analysis. Increasingly, the research community is studying
how to assess the value of cooperation and collaboration among colleagues, scholars and
scientists, with barriers being reduced and geography more global. New metrics and values will
likely emerge through different sources, to complement and extend already existing methods and
products.
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Limitations
Limitations of citation metrics:
Current cause of concern articulated by scientists in this article about the role of impact
factors in determining merits of science and scientists
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Acknowledgements
This Guide was initially
prepared by Laine Thielstrom
(thielstrom@gmail.com)
during her Library School
internship at the San Jose
State University Graduate
School of Library &
Information Science, and was
conducted at the University of
California, Irvine Libraries in
Fall 2012. Additional revision
to the guide was done after
consultation with Laura
Bowering Mullen, Rutgers
University Libraries.
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