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ASSESSING YOUR IMPACT: THE H-

INDEX AND BEYOND

Sandy De Groote, MLIS, AHIP

Scholarly Communications Librarian and
Associate Professor

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WAYS TO MEASURE IMPACT
 Impact of the Journal – Journal Impact Factor
 Journal Citation Reports
 SCImago

 Your Impact based on citations to articles

 Comprehensive Resources with Citation Information
 Web of Science

 Scopus

 Google Scholar

 Above databases also calculate the h-index

 Also databases with limited citation information

 CINAHL (EBSCOHOST), PsycInfo (CSA), PubMed/ PubMed Central,
EMBASE (Science Direct), Scifinder

 Altmetrics - Web 2.0 (Likes, Tweets, Shares)

 total-impact.org (now called ImpactStory); CitedIn
 Plos, Scopus

 http://researchguides.uic.edu/if
H INDEX
 An index to quantify an individual’s scientific research
output. J.E. Hirsch

 The h-index is based on the set of a researcher’s most

cited papers and the number of citations that the
researcher has received in other people's publications

 “A scientist has index h if h of [his/her] Np papers

have at least h citations each, and the other (Np − h)
papers have at most h citations each.”

 variants of h-index
 g-index

 a-index

 and more…
Calculating H-Index
Article # ---- Times Cited
 1-----87

 2-----70

 3-----46
A scientist has index h if h of
 5-----19 [his/her] Np papers have at least h
citations each, and the other
 6-----15
(Np − h) papers have at most h
 7-----10 citations each
 8 ---- 9

 9 ---- 8

 10--- 6

 11---- 4

 12---- 1
Calculating H-Index
Article # ---- Times Cited
 1-----87

 2-----70
8 articles have been cited at least 8
 3-----46 or more times and the remaining
articles have been cited 8 or less
 5-----19

 6-----15

 7-----10
A scientist has index h if h of
 8 ---- 9
[his/her] Np papers have at least h
 9 ---- 8 citations each, and the other
(Np − h) papers have at most h
 10--- 6
citations each
 11---- 4

 12---- 1
ISI THOMSON REUTERS
 JCR – Journal Citation Reports
 Impact Factor
 Web of Science (WOS)
 Times cited by article
 H-index
JOURNAL CITATION REPORTS (JCR)
JCR WOS
 Journal Impact Factor

 Same journals in WOS (Web of Science)

 Rigorous process to determine included journals

 Impact factor of a journal is the average number

of citations to those papers that were published
during the two preceding years
 Calculation of 2008 IF of a journal:
 A = the number of times articles published in 2006 and
2007 were cited by indexed journals during 2008
 B = the total number of "citable items" published in 2006

and 2007.
 2008 impact factor = A/B
 WEB OF SCIENCE
 Limited to Journals indexed in Web of Science (= JCR )
 Level of vetting for journal to be included in list

 Indexes over 10,000 journals in arts, humanities,

sciences, and social sciences
JCR (JOURNAL CITATION REPORTS
WEB OF SCIENCE (WOS)
ELSEVIER
 SJR – SCImajo Journal Rank
 Impact Factor
 Scopus (UIC doesn’t have)
 Times cited by article
 H-index
 SCIMAGO - http://www.scimagojr.com/
SCIMAGO SCOPUS
 SCImago Journal Rank (comparable to IF), is a
measure of the scientific prestige of scholarly sources:
value of weighted citations per document. A source
transfers its own 'prestige', or status, to another source
through the act of citing it. A citation from a source with a
relatively high SJR is worth more than a citation from a
source with a lower SJR.

 portal that includes the journals and country scientific

indicators developed from the information contained in
the Scopus® database (Elsevier B.V.).”

 Over 15,000 journals from over 4,000 international

publishers as well as over 1000 open access journals.
SCOPUS
 Indexes over 17,500 peer-reviewed journal titles in the
life sciences, social sciences, health sciences and
physical sciences
GOOGLE SCHOLAR
 No Journal Impact Tool
 Google Scholar
 Times cited by article
 Use Google Scholar Citations to create own profile for
list of publications, times articles cited, and h-index
 Publish or Perish can also be used for h-index
 GOOGLE SCHOLAR
PUBLISH OR PERISH
GOOGLE CITATIONS

 Searches academic papers from most major academic

publishers and repositories worldwide, including both free
and subscription sources.
 Includes English & Non-English Journals
 Includes Theses, Dissertations, Reports, Handbooks,
 Some cited reference from mention in a PowerPoint
PUBLISH OR PERISH
GOOGLE SCHOLAR CITATIONS
SCHOLAR.GOOGLE.COM/CITATIONS
GOOGLE CITATIONS
HTTP://SCHOLAR.GOOGLE.COM/CITATIONS?USER=DKO8PIQAAAAJ
IF MISSING CITATIONS IN MY CITATIONS –
SEARCH FOR THEM
GOOGLE CITATIONS
HTTP://SCHOLAR.GOOGLE.COM/CITATIONS?USER=DKO8PIQAAAAJ
 OTHER METRICS
 i10-index - number of publications with at least 10 citations. The
second column has the "recent" version of this metric which is the
number of publications that have received at least 10 new citations
in the last 5 years.
 Bornmann L, Daniel HD. The state of h index research. Is the h
index the ideal way to measure research performance? EMBO Rep.
2009 Jan;10(1):2-6.
ARTICLE LEVEL METRICS - PLOS
 http://article-level-metrics.plos.org/
HTTP://WWW.PLOSONE.ORG/ARTICLE/METRICS/INFO%3
ADOI%2F10.1371%2FJOURNAL.PONE.0031918
WAS TOTAL-IMPACT.ORG NOW IMPACTSTORY.IT
WHERE TO READ MORE ABOUT IMPACT FACTORS.
 Wikipedia – Impact Factor
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impact_factor
 Tyranny of the Impact Factor
 http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/ch4802.pdf
 The Impact Factor
 http://frontiersin.org/the_impact_factor/
 Impact Factor Manipulation
 http://www.emwa.org/JournalArticles/JA_V16_I3_Epstein1.pdf
 SCImago – a new source of journal metrics offering a
wealth of free data on open access journals
 http://blogs.openaccesscentral.com/blogs/bmcblog/entry/scimago
_a_new_source_of
 A Principal Component Analysis of 39 Scientific Impact
Measures
 http://www.plosone.org
 For more information:
 Contact Sandy De Groote
 Scholarly Communications Librarian
 sgroote@uic.edu

 312-413-9494