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UNIVERSITY OF IOWA
How to Determine Your Scholarly Impact
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THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA LIBRARIES
Hardin Library for the Health Sciences
http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/hardin
319-335-9151
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How to Determine Your Scholarly Impact
Agenda
1. Determining Where to Publish
a. Ulrich’s
b. JANE http://www.biosemantics.org/jane/
2. Determining the Impact of Journals
a. Ulrich’s
b. Journal Citation Reports (JCR)
c. Eigenfactor
d. Open Access Journals
3. Determining the Impact of Specific Articles and Researchers
a. Cited Reference Searching
i. Web of Science, Scopus, and Google Scholar
b. H Index
i. Web of Science – Run an author search, then create a “Citation Report.”
ii. Scopus – Run and author search, then click “Citation Overview.”
iii. Researcher ID
iv. Google Citations
c. Overall
i. Publish or Perish http://www.harzing.com/pop.htm
d. Altmetrics
Services at the Library
• Assistance in determining the amount of times a publication has been cited.
• Assistance in locating the impact factor for a journal.
• Assistance with using bibliographic management tools to manage and cite references
• Assistance with other questions. Just ask!
Deciding Where to Publish
• Ulrich’s (Listed under “u” on Electronic Resources page)—Find out if a journal is peer-reviewed,
who it’s published by, where it’s indexed, impact factors, and more.
• ISI Journal Citation Reports (Under Electronic Resources) – This is where you can find impact
factors, Eigenfactors, and Article Influence Scores.
• Open Access Journals: The open access movement strives to make scholarly research available to
everyone. These journals are free due to a different publishing model (an organization or the author pays
for publishing costs. For more information, see http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/openaccess/
Determining Impact
• Web of Science– Go here to see who has cited your work or the work of someone else.
• Scopus – Another option for seeing who has cited your work or the work of someone else.
• Google Scholar (http://scholar.google.com) – This is another way to see who has cited your work.
Keep in mind that is not quite as reputable as Web of Science.