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Types of Research Impact Metrics

There are various types of metrics that researchers can use to demonstrate their research impact and engagement.

Author Metrics

  • h index
  • Research outputs
  • Citation count (total or average)
  • Author benchmarking – field of research and location
  • Field Weighted Citation Impact (FWCI) (Further information on FWCI)
  • Category Normalised Citation Impact (CNCI) (Further information on CNCI)
  • Essential Science Indicators (ESI)
  • Highly Cited Researchers (HiCi)

Article Metrics

  • Citation count
  • Outputs in top percentiles
  • Essential Science Indicators (ESI) for publications
  • Field Weighted Citation Impact (FWCI) for publications
  • Category Normalised Citation Impact (CNCI) for publications

Journal Metrics

  • Journal Impact Factor (JIF)
  • CiteScore
  • Source Normalised Impact per Paper (SNIP)
  • SCImago Journal Rank (SJR)
  • Journal Citation Indicator (JCI)
  • Eigenfactor

Alternative Metrics

  • Altmetric Explorer
  • Plum Analytics
  • Track Impact (linked with Impact Tracker)
  • LexisNexis Capital Monitor

 

Patent Metrics

  • Lens (PatCite)
  • Google Patents (For further information on Google Patents)

Book Metrics

  • Major databases
    • Web of Science 
    • Scopus 
    • Google Scholar 
  • Library Holdings
    • OCLC Worldcat 
    • Trove 
  • Book reviews
    • Factiva 
    • Amazon
    • Goodreads
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