What are Scholarly Metrics?
- Scholarly metrics attempt to measure the impact of an article, author, or journal. Metrics can be found on the journal level (i.e., impact factors), researcher/author level (i.e., h-index), and article-level (i.e., altmetrics).
Using Metrics
- A "high" or "low" number is relative to the discipline and the length of time a researcher has been publishing.
- Citation analysis, h-index, and other metrics are dependent on the content of the database from which they're calculated. These numbers will also be different if calculated manually vs. automatically.
Types of Metrics
- Citation Analysis - allows a researcher/author to see who is citing their work; often used to measure researcher and article impact.
- Journal Impact - most commonly assessed using impact factor. Journal impact factor is often used to assess researcher impact.
- Altmetrics - includes non-traditional sources of data to assess impact.
Source: https://guides.library.oregonstate.edu/metrics
