There are three main tools used for analyses or author, article and journal impact measures: Web of Science, Scopus and Google Scholar. Each of these tools is a citation database where you can search and view the citations of articles and conference papers, and identify journals for publication. Databases vary in:
Key facts about Scopus:
Activity - Use Scopus to find the following metrics
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Further help
Key facts about Web of Science (not currently a NDA subscription):
Google Scholar can help you find article citation counts.
Activity – Use Google Scholar to find the following metrics Article citation counts: do a title search using the article title, and to the right of the result, note the 'Cited by' count. |
Google Scholar has a feature where authors can create a profile page that lists their publications and citation metrics.
A Google Scholar Citations profile allows you to keep track of citations to your outputs, increases the visibility of your work through making your profile public on Google Scholar and provides others with a mechanism to create alerts to follow your new articles and new citations to your work.
Searching for others in your field who may have a profile allows you to find potential collaborators, and research that may be of interest.
Search for a researcher in Google Scholar, if a user profile exists you will see the feather and ink icon. Click the name to view their publications, see the number of times their work was cited, and view collaborators.
Use the general instructions above, and refer back to the further help if necessary.
If your article or author is not listed in one impact analysis tool, try the next one. Compare the metrics. Which tool gave the most positive numbers? Why do you think these results differed? |