Calculating Author Impact Using Web of Science
- Navigate to MUSM LIbraries website:
https://med.mercer.edu/library.
- In the middle of the screen click on
Databases
- Next, click the
letter W scroll down the list of databases and
select Web of Science
- If off campus, you will need to login
- Once in Web of Science select Advanced
Search and in the Query Preview search box type OG=(Mercer
University) AND AD=(Sch Med) AND your name in this order:
last name, first
initial (ex. Bridges C) Your search will look like: OG=(Mercer University)
AND AD=(Sch Med) AND AU=Bridges C
- You can adjust the dates for publications you
wish to retrieve by selecting the years under Add date range
- Click the blue Search button to run
your search
- You will retrieve a list of your publications
- To view your h-index look for
Citation Report on the right hand side of the screen
- Click the blue Citation Report button
- Your h-index will display in the box to the far
right of the screen
Calculating Author Impact Using Google Scholar
Once you've created a
Google Scholar Profile, it is easy
to add publications and see your h-index and i10-index. Publications like
theses, books, and reports that might not be included in Web of Science can be
added in Google Scholar and will contribute to your citation count. However,
you should check data in Google Scholar carefully, since it can be more prone
to errors and duplication.
- Navigate to Google Scholar
- Enter name of author
- If a profile exists for the author it will appear
at the top of the search results, click the name of the author and their
profile page will open
- View the h-index for the person on the right side
of the screen.
Google
Scholar Citations
Caution about Author Impact Calculations
Because databases like Web of
Science,and Google Scholar differ in the content that they include, it is
likely that your citation counts, and even your h-index, will be different
depending on which database you use.
Publish or Perish
- Publish or Perish
Downloadable software that uses data from Google Scholar to
calculate a variety of metrics, beyond just the h-index. Metrics calculated
include: -Total number of papers and total number of citations -Average
citations per paper, citations per author, papers per author, and citations per
year -Hirsch's h-index and related parameters -Egghe's g-index -The
contemporary h-index -Three variations of individual h-indices -The
average annual increase in the individual h-index -The age-weighted
citation rate -An analysis of the number of authors per paper.
Scholarometer
- Scholarometer
A browser
extension that queries Google Scholar. Network visualizations are based on
crowdsourced discipline annotations of the queried authors.
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