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UNIVERSITY OF IOWA
Scholarly Impact: Traditional and Alternative Metrics
-‐-‐-‐Title of session
Scholarly Impact: Traditional and Alternative Metrics
Name and Position of Presenter
Ericka Raber, Research and Instruction Librarian
Amy Blevins, Clinical Education Librarian
Date, Time, Venue
Tuesday, April
29th,
2014, from 10 to 11 am in LIB 2032.
Session description:
Ericka and Amy will provide an overview of some traditional and alternative metrics for measuring
scholarly impact. Some tools to be discussed include Journal Citation Report, Web of Science, Scopus,
Eigenfactor, H-‐index, Google Citations, and ImpactStory.
Who should attend?
Library staff who interact with faculty and want to learn more about impact factors, citation counts, or
alternative tools for measuring scholarly impact.
Special Instructions
This session is really geared toward those who attend, so please bring questions, examples, or supply
the presenters with questions or subtopics ahead of time to get the most out of this session.