Measuring your research impact

What are impact metrics?

Impact metrics or publication metrics attempt to measure the quantitative impact of

• a journal article
• a journal
• an individual author.

This takes into account factors as the number of citations, downloads, pageviews and mentions, both within and outside of the academy.

How can the Medical Library help you?

We can create reports with various metrics:

• How often have your publications been cited in other research? Total number, per year, per paper
• In which journals did you receive the most citations?
• How did you perform compared to others in your field?

We can specify the above for your:

• ‘Key authorship’ publications
• Collaborations
• Open access publications
• Public outreach (activities, press and media, prizes)

• Altmetrics (mentions in social media, blogs, news reports etc.)

Do you have a specific request? We can help you with that too!

Contact

Contact us at pure umcg.nl for:

• more information
• an example report
• other questions regarding impact and metrics