1. Research impact and library support
Molly Strothmann
University Libraries

2. What are research impact Metrics?
Statistics on the number of times books, journals, or articles have been cited in other publications or used in other ways.
Used as a measure of the influence of articles, journals, or authors.
Can be tracked at the
Journal level – how influential is this publication?
Author level – how influential is this researcher?
Item level – how influential is this article?

3. Examples Citation Counts Journal Impact Factor Author h-index
Book Purchases
Altmetrics

4. Library support Metrics guide: http://guides.ou.edu/metrics
Research impact reports:

5. Questions?
Molly Strothmann Social & Behavioral Sciences Librarian Collections Manager