Research Impact and Metrics: More Reading

This paper provides a broad overview of the wide array of metrics currently in use in academia and research

Paper by Julie M. Nightingale and Gill Marshall, published in 2012.

by Eugene Garfield. In this article the inventor of the Impact Factor says " there is no substitute for judgment, quality, and relevance.

Typeset blog post by Shanu Kumar, Nov 14, 2019

Article by Jorge E. Hirsch, the originator of the H-index. He writes "that about half the scientific community loves the H-index and half hates it, and the H-index of the scientist itself is a great predictor of whether s/he belongs to the first or the second group ..." He goes on to say "I proposed the H-index hoping it would be an objective measure of scientific achievement. By and large, I think this is believed to be the case. But I have now come to believe that it can also fail spectacularly and have severe unintended negative consequences."

Paper by Christopher R. Carpenter, MD, MSc, David C. Cone, MD, and Cathy C. Sarli, MLS, AHIP published in Acad Emerg Med. 2014 Oct; 21(10): 1160–1172. doi: 10.1111/acem.12482

" ... research on quantitative aspects of information science. The main focus of the journal is on topics in bibliometrics, scientometrics, webometrics, patentometrics, altmetrics and research evaluation."

"An International Journal for all Quantitative Aspects of the Science of Science, Communication in Science and Science Policy"

Open access journal. "The journal thus publishes articles in all the different domains of scientometrics, including patent studies (techometrics) and web-based studies (webometrics). It also publishes articles that apply science-technology-innovation indicators to draw inasights of country/regional/sectoral research, innovation, and entrepreneurial ecosystem. "