Research

There are various methods of measuring the impact of a publication, a researcher and their research.

• H-Index : an index to quantify an individual’s scientific research output (J.E. Hirsch).
• Beamplots - A beamplot shows the volume and citation impact of an individual’s publication portfolio through time.
• Citation Analysis : the process whereby the impact or "quality" of an article is assessed by counting the number of times other authors mention it in their work.
• Impact Factor : a measure of the frequency in which the average article in a journal is cited in a particular year. Impact factors measure the impact of a journal, not the impact of individual articles or authors.

The End of Journal Impact Factor Purgatory (and Numbers to the Thousandths) - The Scholarly Kitchen - 26 July 2022

Measures of Impact for Journals, Articles, and Authors - Journal of General Internal Medicine - 23 March 2022

Why I wrote an impact CV - Nature - 1 February 2022

Put that on the CV: the impact of research [includes an impact CV template] - AAMRI - Association of Australian Medical Research Institutes - 1 February 2022

A science impact framework to measure impact beyond journal metrics - PLOS One - 22 December 2020

To find an author's impact beamplot and H-index count in Web of Science:

• Enter the name of the author in the search box (e.g. Smith JT) and select the Author Search option..
• To ensure accuracy for popular names, add an additional search box, enter their institution and then select “Address” from the field drop down menu on the right.
• Click on Search
• Check the Citation Network box to the right of the results.  It shows the H-Index, Total Publications, Sum of Times Cited and Citing Articles.

The Web of Science has a module called Journal Citation Reports that tracks journal impact factors.  The Library does not have a subscription to this module.

• Most journals will list their latest impact factor on their website
• SCIJournal.org lists the impact factors of many medical journals

Changes to Journal Impact Factor Announced for 2021 - Scholarly Kitchen - 7 December 2020

The Framework to Assess the Impact from Translational health research (FAIT) - Hunter Medical Research Institute

The translational research impact scale: development, construct validity, and reliability testing - Eval Health Prof - March 2014

Expanding assessments of translational research programs: supplementing metrics with value judgments - Eval Health Prof - March 2014

Models and applications for measuring the impact of health research: Update of a systematic review for the health technology assessment programme - Health Technology Assessment - 2016

Feasibility of common bibliometrics in evaluating translational science - J Clin Transl Sci - February 2017

Measuring research impact in Australia’s medical research institutes: a scoping literature review of the objectives for and an assessment of the capabilities of research impact assessment frameworks - Health Research Policy and Systems - March 2017

The Translational Science Benefits Model: A New Framework for Assessing the Health and Societal Benefits of Clinical and Translational Sciences - Clin Transl Sci - January 2018

Evidence-based Nomenclature and Taxonomy of Research Impact Indicators - Journal of Data and Information Science - May 2020

A large National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Biomedical Research Centre facilitates impactful cross-disciplinary and collaborative translational research publications and research collaboration networks: a bibliometric evaluation study - J Transl Med - November 2021