This guide mainly introduces how bibliomentrics are used for informing research impact. You will learn how to use some useful tools for finding bibliometrics, journal rankings and different levels of impacts (author, article, journal, etc.).
The societal and economic impacts of your research activities are also significant in your research journey. In 2019, the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment introduced a new definition of research impact as “A change to the economy, society or environment, beyond contribution to knowledge and skills in research organisations” (p.9).
The following articles discussed the various ways to measure research impact:
Bibliometrics are indicators/metrics based on citation counts. These metrics are often used to analyse the impact of publications in a research field.
Use of Bibliometrics
Bibliometrics should always be interpreted cautiously. They are intended as a relative measure within a discipline, not as a numeric value to be taken in isolation. There are limitations when using metrics for impact evaluations.
Metrics toolkit
The Metrics Toolkit may give you some ideas about the metrics available for researchers. Noted that this toolkit doesn't cover these metrics: CiteScore (Scopus), SJR, SNIP, Snowball metrics, Eigenfactor, etc.
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If you need assistance on finding your research impact, please contact your Liaison Librarian, or the Team Leader, Research Support. We can help you with: