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Measuring Research Impact
Measuring the impact of your research and publications is subjective, but there are a growing number of tools that offer feedback on the use and reuse of your published research:
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Web of ScienceWeb of Science Citation Index covers all disciplines, and allows a researcher to find articles by an author, and articles citing that author's work. Author's can also prepare a Citation Report, including an H-Index, or evaluate journal titles more generally using the Journal Citation Reports.
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Google Scholar MetricsGoogle Scholar Metrics allows you to create an author profile, including citation counts and H-Index, and provides an easy way for authors to quickly gauge the visibility and influence of recent articles in scholarly publications.
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EigenfactorEigenfactor uses network analysis and information theory to evaluate the influence of scholarly periodicals, and for mapping the structure of academic research.
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AltmetricProvides authors with a visually engaging and informative view of the online activity, including social media activities surrounding their scholarly content.
Here's an interesting article on the use of Altmetrics in the tenure decision-making process: What constitutes valuable scholarship?
Metadata
Metadata, that is "information about your information," can make your research more discoverable. It can take the form of assigning keywords that make a publication more likely to be found by a database search or web service. The Bucknell Digital Commons provides an opportunity for authors to attach metadata to a publication as it is submitted, and also allows our Library staff to add additional metadata tags as appropriate.