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August 03, 2021

Metrics for Measuring Research Outputs

5 minutes

There are many metrics that researchers and associated administrator use to measure and report success. Here are 6 that might be useful for you:

Impact Factor – average citation count per article per journal over a rolling 2-year period

Citation count – absolute number of citations for an individual article.

H-index – maximum number of citations for same number of publications.

RG Score – Restricted to ResearchGate measuring your participation on research gate, including uploaded and referenced articles. Can be directly compared to all ResearchGate members.

ResearchInterest – Restricted to ResearchGate. Includes RG score, but also more weight given to citations and publications. Can be directly compared to all ResearchGate members.

Altmertic – Combines citations from a range of sources across the web – social media, government reports, as well as academic journals.

Link to transcript: https://www.drrichardhuysmans.com/metrics-for-measuring-research-outputs-2/

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By Dr Richard Huysmans