Author Impact
An author's research impact is commonly measured by:
- Document Counts: the number of publications an author has authored
- Citation Counts: the number of times an author's publication is being cited by others
- h-index: a metric measures both the productivity and impact of the publication of an author / a researcher / a group of scholars
What is h-index?
h-index was proposed by Professor Jorge E. Hirsch in 2005.
Calculation
The h-index is calculated by counting the number of publications (h) by a scholar have been cited for at least h times. It measures both productivity (number of publications) and impact (number of citations) in one index.
For example, an h-index 33 means that the scholar has published at least 33 papers that have each been cited at least 33 times.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H-index
Finding Document/Citation Counts and h-index from Databases / online resources
- Go to Scopus and select the Authors tab.
- Search an author by name or ORCID ID.
- Click on the author name you are looking for.
- You can check the author profile where you can find his/her document counts, citation counts and h-index.
- Select "View h-graph" to view the author's h-index details.
- Select "Citation overview" to view the citation counts by document by year.
- Go to Web of Science and select the Researchers tab.
- Conduct an author search.
- Click on the author name you are looking for.
- You can check the author profile where you can find his/her document counts, citation counts and h-index.
- Select "View citation report" to view the citation counts by document by year.
- Go to Google Scholar.
- Conduct a search using the author's name.
- A list of publication of the author is generated. Click on the author name to view the author's profile, if available .
- You can check the citation metrics in the author profile.
Note: i10-index means the number of publications with at least 10 citations. It is used by Google Scholar only.