H index and beyond

what is your impact factor?

April Aultman Becker Manager, Education, Reference, Outreach

Research Medical Library

What is the difference between an Impact Factor and the

Journal of Citation Reports

impact factors rank journals

number of citations divided by number of publications in a year

What is the

suggested in 2005 by Jorge E. Hirsch

measures productivity and impact of the published work of a scholar

based on the set of the scientist's most cited papers and the number of citations that they have received in other publications

How does the work?

ever-changing

not just the first author

the total number of published papers and the number of citations for each paper

how many of the researcher’s papers have been cited at least once

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What are the benefits?

relies on citations to your papers

not skewed by a single well-cited, influential paper

not increased by a large number of poorly cited papers

minimizes politics of publication

may be used to compare scientists

may be used to compare departments, programs or groups

What are the limitations?

papers before 1996

counts a highly-cited paper regardless of why it’s being referenced

doesn’t account for variations in publications and citations

ignores the number and position of authors on a paper

limits authors by the total number of publications

difficult to increase the h-index the higher it gets

may not be a valid predictor of future performance

SciVal Experts

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Altmetrics

publications and social media mentions

Impact Story (by National Science Foundation)

Altmetric.com (in Scopus)

ORCID IDs

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