Research Metrics

This guide provides an introduction to the traditional and alternative metrics used to evaluate and assess research impact and the tools used to collect data.

Metrics	Data	Tools
Article impact	Citation counts for your research publications Who is citing you	Scopus (Accessible on- and off-campus to DLSU students, faculty and staff) Google Scholar Citations (free) Web of Science (requires subscription) Impact Story requires subscription) PlumX Analytics (requires subscription)
Author Impact	Who is citing you h-index g-index i10-index	Scopus (Accessible on- and off-campus to DLSU students, faculty and staff) Google Scholar Citations (free) Publish or Perish (free) Web of Science (requires subscription) Impact Story requires subscription) PlumX Analytics (requires subscription)
Journal Impact	Ratings or rankings of a journal’s overall contents Journal acceptance rates Usage factor	Scopus (Accessible on- and off-campus to DLSU students, faculty and staff) Google Scholar Metrics Journal Citation Report (requires subscription) Eigenfactor SJR SCImago Journal Rankings
Altmetrics (Alternative and social media metrics)	Twitter mentions Mendeley saves Discussion in mainstream news media Usage/download statistics Review on post publication peer review websites	Scopus (Accessible on- and off-campus to DLSU students, faculty and staff) Academia.edu (free) CiteULike (free) Figshare (basic free account) Peer Evaluation (free) ResearchGate (free) Altmetric.com (requires subscription) Impact Story requires subscription) PlumX Analytics (requires subscription)

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