Research Guides: Analysis and Visualization Tools: 7. Assessment

7. Assessment

In this phase, researchers assess the impact of their research through various metrics.

Impact Measurement

Journal Citation Reports This link opens in a new window
Use this tool to evaluate the impact and influence of journals indexed by Web of Science. In Journal Citation Reports, you can browse by subject category and view journal impact factors of journals indexed in SCIE, SSCI and AHCI & ESCI (from JCR 2023 onwards).

SCImago Journal & Country Rank
The open access SCImago Journal & Country Rank (SJR) is a portal for journals and country scientific indicators developed from the information contained in the Scopus database. It covers over 20,000 journals and over 230 countries.

Overton This link opens in a new window
Overton also allows you to see which of your papers are cited or mentioned by policy documents at both an individual level or at an institutional level helping you track your influence outside academia.
Read SMU Libraries' Q&A with Euan Adie, Founder of Overton here
Watch the recorded training session on Overton here
Overton also allows you to see which of your papers are cited or mentioned by policy documents at both an individual level or at an institutional level helping you track your influence outside academia.

Overton also classifies policy documents by UN SDGs ( Sustainable Development Goals) allowing you to filter by specific goals.

Researchers Assessment

H-index

H-index is an index that is used to quantify a researcher's scientific output (Hirsch, 2005). The h-index is defined as the maximum value of h such that the given author/journal has published at least h papers that have each been cited at least h times. A researcher can obtain their h-ndex from the following databases:

Web of Science This link opens in a new window
Use this database to identify highly cited articles in a subject area and authors who cite a specific article. Use it to search for articles using keyword and even by institution name.
Web of Science includes Social Sciences Citation Index (from 1900), Science Citation Index (from 1965), Arts & Humanities Citation Index (from 2008), and Book Citation Index (2005-2018)

SMU Libraries has access to Web of Science API Lite. More info here.

Scopus Author ID
Scopus provides a unique identifier number for authors who have publications in the database. Click on Search then Authors to enter the name and find the author ID. The Scopus Author profile shows your publications, their citations, h-index based on publications found in Scopus. You can link ORCID with your Scopus profile.
Google Scholar Citations
Google Scholar tracks the number of times an article is cited in their wide range of publications included. Login with your SMU email account and follow the steps complete your profile and to include your publications. Do check the publications related to your profile. A citation report is then created.

Peer-review (post-publication)

PubPeer
PubPeer is an online platform that allows researchers to discuss and review their research or their peers' research after publication