There are various ways to measure your research impact. Traditionally, impact has been measured using the number of times your publications have been cited. While citation metrics are commonly used, there are limitations. For example, citation behavior is discipline dependent, h-index does not account for author placement in the author list, which is of significance to some disciplines, and metrics vary from one data tool to another. Citation metrics need to be used cautiously and within discipline context. For an in-depth exploration of author metrics, try the University of Alberta Library's Introduction to Research Impact tutorial.
Also view What is the h-index and what are its limitations? Or: Stop using the h-index from ScholCommLab. "If used at all, the h-index should only complement qualitative research assessment. Ultimately, one quantitative metric will never be able to fully capture a researcher’s work."
There are subscription-based and free services to calculate your h-index. Each tool covers different journals, and the metrics may vary between databases.
h-index | The most widely used research metric. It measures both productivity and citation impact of an author's scholarly output. |
g-index | Proposed in 2006 by Leo Egghe as an alternative to the H-index. It adds more weight to highly cited articles. |
Publish or Perish | A tool you can use if you find that not all of your publications are included in a database. |
Article Citations
1 30
2 22
3 14
4 11
5 7
————————— h-index = 5 (five articles have at least 5 citations per article)
6 4
7 2
Maintaining a consistent form of your name is key in distinguishing your research and publishing from the work of others.
Unique identifiers like the following help consolidate your publications under one author profile:
Use Oklahoma State University as your affiliation/location for all publishing, journals, or grant agencies (rather than a department/college). This will ensure that your research is credited to you and linked to OSU in databases.
You may also be asked to provide an institutional identifier - Oklahoma State University (Stillwater) has the following standardized identifiers:
Research Organization Registry (ROR): 01g9vbr38
Global Research Identifier Database (GRID) (replaced by ROR): grid.65519.3e
International Standard Name Identifier (ISNI): 0000 0001 0721 7331
Content in this guide is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License and is adapted from "Research Impact" by University of Alberta Library Research Impact Services which is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 and their Introduction to Research Impact Tutorial