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Measuring the Impact of your Research

It is extremely difficult to “measure” the impact of an individual researcher or a research group on the discipline or society. However, bibliometrics can help to broadly inform evaluation alongside qualitative, expert assessment and review.

“Do’s and Don’ts in Individual-Level Bibliometrics”.
Wolfgang Glänzel (Univ. Leuven) and Paul Wouters (Univ. Leiden) recently introduced the “Do’s and Don’ts in Individual-Level Bibliometrics”.
Metrics Toolkit
The Metrics Toolkit is a resource for researchers and evaluators that provides guidance for demonstrating and evaluating claims of research impact

Services

We can advise you on the responsible and appropriate use of metrics, and help you to calculate:

Number of citations
Average number of citations per publication
Field-weighted citation impact
h-Index
Collaboration metrics
Benchmarking with peer institutions
Altmetrics

We can also provide advice and guidance on the limitations and caveats surrounding the use of journal metrics (e.g. Journal Impact Factor).

For more information please visit the Library's Bibliometrics LibGuide: https://libguides.ucd.ie/bibliometrics

Further information, support and advice is also available on the impact section of the UCD Research & Innovation Portal for Research Services.

Tools for Tracking and Measuring Visibility and Impact

We can help you to track and monitor your visibility and impact using:

Citation metrics from Scopus/SciVal, Web of Science and Google Scholar
Altmetrics including downloads, media mentions and mentions in policy documents
Twitter Analytics
Google Analytics

For more information please visit the Library's Bibliometrics LibGuide: https://libguides.ucd.ie/bibliometrics