Library Guides: Documenting Impact & Increasing Visibility: Workshop Outline 2018

Comparisons

Database Comparison Chart
Compares strengths and weaknesses of WoS, Scopus, Google Scholar, and other discipline-specific databases.
Search Result Comparisons in Selected Disciplines
These are examples only - not "typical" results for specific disciplines. See note at the bottom of the chart.

Promotion & Tenure Resource Guide
by Lorrie Pellack Last Updated Jul 5, 2018 751 views this year
Altmetrics
by Office of Scholarly Communication Last Updated Jun 19, 2018 312 views this year
Journal Evaluation Tools
by Lorrie Pellack Last Updated Jul 5, 2018 2191 views this year
Open Access
by Office of Scholarly Communication Last Updated Oct 8, 2018 870 views this year

Journal Metrics (journal rankings and impact factors, acceptance/rejection rates, CiteScore)

Article Metrics (h-index, number of times cited, CiteScore)

Book Metrics (book reviews, Google Scholar, WorldCat Identities, Book Citation Index)

Altmetrics (article downloads, social media mentions, etc.; ImpactStory, PLoS Article-Level Metrics example, BookMetrix - example)

Web of Science - WoS sample report ;

Scopus - Author Profile; Citation Overview ; Scopus h-index

Google Scholar & Citations Profile; view all ISU Google Citations profiles; Create your own Profile

ORCiD : researcher identifiers ; sample: Josiah Carberry ORCiD

Create academic profiles, especially on open platforms, to improve search results and provide access to your work.

Publish Open Access

Open access publications have higher citation and download rates (# of readers).
You can publish and share much more than just publications: presentations, data, software, tutorials, etc.

(Alt) Metrics