Looking for the impact of your research? Listed below are free tools to assist in finding publication information:
Author Impact
H- Index: A measure of the impact of an researchers work, often the number and quality of citations.
G-Index: Alternative measure to H-Index, more credit given to highly cited papers.
i10-index: Used only in Google Scholar, counts number of publications with at least citations
Journal Impact
Eigenfactor: Measures a journal's influence within the scientific community, based on number of citations from reputable journals.
Scimago Journal and Country Rank: Using citation data from Scopus, providing rankings by journal country of origin and numerous visual representations of journal impact data.
Google Scholar Metrics: Browsable list of the top 100 publications particular subject fields ranked using their 5-year h-index.
Altmetrics complement other citation based metrics by measuring the impact of work on social media and online reader behavior. Examples of altmetrics include Twitter, blogs, online downloads and facebook. University of California Berkeley has a great guide to altmetrics.
ORCID is an international not-for-profit organization whose purpose is to uniquely identify researchers and to provide information about researchers’ work, regardless of when and where that work took place. ORCID assigns a unique identifier (ORCID iD) to each researcher who registers. ORCID also provides a place for researchers to record their education, employment history, publications, and funding sources. By using their ORCID iDs and keeping their ORCID iD records up to date, researchers are assured that they will not be confused with other researchers with the same or similar names, and that their work will be attributed properly to themselves.
Researchers may be known by several different versions of their names. Common variations include with first and middle names spelled out, with a middle initial instead of a middle name, with one or two initials, and with or without a maiden or married name. For example, these are all possible names for the same person:
At the same time, there may be other researchers with any of these same names. By using an ORCID iD, this researcher can be sure that she gets credit for all of her work, no matter what form of her name is on the work. In addition, she will not be credited with work done by someone else with the same name.
How much does an ORCID iD cost?
An ORCID iD is free to a researcher. ORCID is supported by organizations that fund, publish, and otherwise support research.
Go to the ORCID website (https://orcid.org/) and follow the prompts to register.
Check out these resources at the ORCID website:
SciENcv provides an online space for researchers to store data about themselves and to use that data to create the biosketches required for federal grant applications. The National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI), a part of the National Institutes of Health, developed SciENcv in collaboration with several other US federal agencies, including the National Science Foundation and the Environmental Protection Agency.
Researchers applying to the National Science Foundation or to the National Institutes of Health are required to use SciENcv for their biosketches. A researcher may enter their biosketch data directly into SciENcv or may have data transmitted to SciENcv from ORCID.
SciENcv is accessed through a My NCBI account. Many researchers already have My NCBI accounts for searching PubMed and other NCBI databases. Those same My NCBI accounts can be used for SciENcv.
SciENcv and My NCBI accounts are free.
If you have a My NCBI account, log in to it and look for the SciENcv box on your My NCBI homepage. Follow the prompt in the box to get started with SciENcv. If the SciENcv box does not appear on your My NCBI homepage, click Customize this page in the top right corner. On the next page, put a check in the box in front of SciENcv and click Done at the bottom of the page. The box will appear on your homepage.
If you do not have a My NCBI account, you may set one up at the NCBI Sign In Page or by clicking the Sign in to NCBI link in the top right corner of any PubMed or other NCBI database page. We recommend that you sign in using the Google link and your @usciences.edu or @mail.usciences.edu e-mail credentials.
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