This guide covers the library resources central to identifying impact factors that can be used in the narrative of a promotion and tenure dossier. It is important to remember that there is no one size fits all approach to metrics across disciplines. Use the information that documents the impact you want to demonstrate.
Explore the areas that work best for you and schedule a consultation with Deborah Williams, Ed.D, Scholarly Communication Librarian, for additional assistance.
Note there is a glossary of terms at the bottom of this page that will help define each metric.
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Source of Metrics |
Total Citations |
h-index |
Other |
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Sum of Times Cited Sum of Times Cited without self citations |
h-index Average citations per item |
Citing articles Citing articles without self citations |
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Scopus Preview
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Total citations by # documents | h-index | Document and citation trend table |
| Google Scholar Citations | Total citations |
h-index i10-index |
| Journal Title | Publisher | Year of Publication | Times Cited | Peer-Review | Acceptance Rate | Open Access |
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| Researcher |
Journal Website Cabell's Ulrichsweb Journal Citation Reports Scopus Preview |
Researcher |
Google Scholar Web of Science Other sources |
Journal website Cabell's Ulrichsweb
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Journal website / contact editor Cabell's |
Journal website Cabell's |
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Source of Metrics |
Impact Factor |
Journal Ranking |
Quartile |
h-index |
Other |
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Journal Citation Reports
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Journal Impact Factor 5 Year Impact Factor JIF Percentile Category Median Impact Factor |
Rank within category
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Quartile |
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Scopus Preview
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CiteScore CiteScore Ranking SCImago Journal Rank (SJR) SNIP (Source Normalized Impact per Paper) |
Rank within category Highest percentile |
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SCImago
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SCImago Journal Rank (SJR) | Quartile | h-index | Citations per document | |
| Cabell's Journal Whitelist | CCI | Altmetrics | |||
| Google Scholar Metrics | Rank within category (top 20) |
h5-index |
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Source of Metrics |
Metrics available |
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| WorldCat | Provides holdings information for book at libraries worldwide |
| Various sources | Book reviews |
| Global 50 The World Ranking of the Publishing Industry | The top 50 publishing companies worldwide, based on 2018 revenue data. Includes profile for all companies included. |
| Acceptance Rate |
refers to the number of manuscripts accepted for publication relative to the number of manuscripts submitted within the last year. Calculation varies among journals. |
| Altmetrics Report |
overview of where and how often articles are mentioned online. The article mentions are counted for each outlet and the median number is found. Demonstrates how much online attention an average article is receiving. |
| CCI - Cabell's Classification Index |
Journal ranking system based on subject. Each subject in a journal has its own percentage score built with citation data. Demonstrates how much influence a journal has in a field of study. |
| CiteScore | calculates the average number of citations received ina calendar year by all items published in that journal in the preceding three years. |
| CiteScore Percentile & Rank | Source's rank and percentile for each subject category that it belongs to |
| CItes Per Document |
Average citations per document in a X year period. It is computed considering the number of citations received by a journal in the current year to the documents published in the X previous years.
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| Difficulty of Acceptance |
a journal acceptance ranking system based on subject. Each subject in a journal has its own percentage score built with citation data. Demonstrates how hard it is to publish in a journal within a field of study. |
| h-index (researcher) |
h publications for which researcher has received h citations Researcher has 6 articles that have received at least 6 citations = h-index =6 h-index is a time-dependent measure, proportional to the length of time of a researcher's career and how many articles they have published. h-index will vary between sources based on the number of journals included and years covered. Web of Science is not as extensive as Google Scholar and may calculate a lower h-index. |
| h-index (journal) | h articles in that publication were cited at least h times each |
| h5-index | h-index of only those articles that were published in the last five complete calendar years |
| i10-index | number of papers with 10 or more citations |
| Journal Impact Factor | identifies the frequency with which an average article from a journal is cited in a particular year. |
| Quartile Ranking |
the quotient of a journal's rank in category (X) and the total number of journals in the category (Y), so that (X / Y) = Percentile Rank Z Q1: 0.0 < Z < 0.25 Q2: 0.25 < Z < 0.5 Q3: 0.5 < Z < 0.75 Q4: 0.75 < Z Some sources only display the best quartile for journals that appear in multiple categories |
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SJR (SCImago Journal Rank) |
expresses the average number of weighted citations received in the selected year by the documents published in the selected journal in the previous three years. Citation weighting depends on the subject field and prestige (SJR) of the citing journal.
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| Source Normalized Impact per Paper (SNIP) | measures actual citations received relative to citations expected for the journal's subject field. |
