Scholarly Metrics

Scholarly Metrics

Author-level metrics can be used to determine the impact of individual researchers. They may be used for the purposes of grant, tenure, or promotion assessment.

• H-Index

Article-level metrics are measures of research impact that can point to the influence of specific articles. Article level metrics speak to how papers are “discussed, shared, and used” (SPARC, 2013) within the scholarly ecosystem, as well as their immediacy and socialization. Article level metrics disaggregate an article’s impact from the journal it was published in.

• Number of citations
• Usage data
• Captures in reference managers, like Mendeley

Journal-level metrics can be used to understand the impact and prestige of a journal. They should not be used as indicators of quality of journals, articles, or authors.

Journal-level metrics may be used as a means of ranking journals within a field and as a tool for deciding where to publish for maximum impact. They may also be used to evaluate faculty for promotion, tenure, and/or grant funding.

• Journal Impact Factor
• CiteScore 
• SNIP
• EigenFactor.org