Existing Impact factors are heavily criticized as measures of scientific quality. However,they are still used to select candidates for positions or consider during promotion of academic staff or grant application processes. As a consequence, researchers tend to adapt their publication strategy to avoid negative impact on their careers. The presenter, a researcher and a librarian. describes the existing metrics and shows how to improve alternative impact factors.

1. By Dr. Olga Koz,
okoz@kennesaw.edu
How to measure and improve it

2. Things to consider before publication
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1. Register with academic online services which
allow users to create a profile.
2. Create ORCID profile and Researcher ID
3. Select a journal (Journal Impact Factor/
Periodical Directories)
4. Learn about Open Access publishers

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Things to consider after publication
1. Author Impact Factor
H-index and other indexes
2. Set up Citation Alerts
3. Add publications to online academic
social networks and profiling services
The focus of my today presentation

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Web of Science H-index
An h-index of 20 means there are 20 items that
have 20 citations or more.

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Web of Science Citation Profile for Pausch, Randy

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• Does not give an accurate measure
for early-career researchers.
• Calculated by using only articles
that are indexed by particular
Indexing Service (Web of Science,
Scopus).
• Calculation is based on different
timeframe (by institutional
subscription, such as Web of
Science, or by a certain date, such
as Scopus).
Limitations of H-index

8. Scopus

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11. Google Scholar i10-Index
i10-Index = the number of publications with at least 10 citations

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These are common tools for measuring
altmetrics or alternative research impact:
ImpactStory
Altmetric.com
PlumAnalytics
Altmetrics

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Academia.edu
Mendeley
ResearchGate
Vivo
Google Scholar Profile
SSRN
Author’s Profile

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Example of Metrics (ResearchGate)
How is your RG Score calculated?
ResearchGate calculates your score
based on how other researchers interact
with your content, how often, and who they
are. The higher their score, the more yours
will increase.

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KSU Digital Commons SelectedWorks
SelectedWorks
http://digitalcommons.kennesaw.edu/sw_gallery.html

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Citation
Alerts
Who provide citation
alerts?
Journals
•Indexing services
•Author profiling or social
networking sites

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Total Impact
There is a trend to calculate an
author’s impact beyond academia and
include less traditional publications
and impact on practitioners & practice.
Create new algorithms that
combine citation counts and
other variables and include the
qualitative analysis of
scholarship

21. Learn more about research impact and citation analysis at:
http://libguides.kennesaw.edu/RI
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Thank you, Dr. Jorrin-Abellan for volunteering your
profile and data