h index and beyond
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what is your impact factor?
April Aultman Becker Manager, Education, Reference, Outreach
Research Medical Library
What is the difference between an Impact Factor and the
Journal of Citation Reports
impact factors rank journals
number of citations divided by number of publications in a year
What is the
suggested in 2005 by Jorge E. Hirsch
measures productivity and impact of the published work of a scholar
based on the set of the scientist's most cited papers and the number of citations that they have received in other publications
How does the work?
ever-changing
not just the first author
the total number of published papers and the number of citations for each paper
how many of the researcher’s papers have been cited at least once
How do I find my
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What are the benefits?
relies on citations to your papers
not skewed by a single well-cited, influential paper
not increased by a large number of poorly cited papers
minimizes politics of publication
may be used to compare scientists
may be used to compare departments, programs or groups
What are the limitations?
papers before 1996
counts a highly-cited paper regardless of why it’s being referenced
doesn’t account for variations in publications and citations
ignores the number and position of authors on a paper
limits authors by the total number of publications
difficult to increase the h-index the higher it gets
may not be a valid predictor of future performance
SciVal Experts
MD Anderson specific
search by last name, department, concept
Altmetrics
publications and social media mentions
Impact Story (by National Science Foundation)
Altmetric.com (in Scopus)
ORCID IDs
register at orcid.org
unique number
