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Research metrics help guide

Information on individual metrics

Read through the outlines below to learn more about an individual metric. You can navigate to each of these sections via the menu on the left.

h-index: Learn how to measure the combined effects of a researcher's productivity (number of publications) and impact (citations).

Author Field Weighted Citation Impact (FWCI): Understand how FWCI indicates how the number of citations received by a researcher’s publications compares to the average or expected number of citations received by other similar publications.

Article citation percentiles/Article ranking/Outputs in Top Citation Percentiles: Discover how papers rank according to its citations and relative to other similar articles.

Article Field Weighted Citation Impact (FWCI): Understand how FWCI indicates how the number of citations received by an article compares to the average or expected number of citations received by other similar publications.

Author citation count: Discover how the citation count received by a researcher's publications can quantify the engagement with your research by other researchers.

Journal article citation counts: Find how count of the citations received by a journal article can be a indicators of the usage and impact of the cited publication.

Publications in top journal percentiles: Learn about top journal percentiles.

Journal impact metrics: Explore tools to indicate the impact of a journal.

Journal ranking lists: Learn where to find ranked lists (e.g. Scimago, ERA).

Book and book chapter metrics: Discover tools to find book or book chapter citations, library holdings and book reviews.

Altmetrics: Learn how social media, policy mentions, and news coverage can show research impact.

Conference paper citation counts: See how citations to conference papers are tracked.

Citation analysis vs peer review: Information how to use metrics information in your particular discipline.