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Scholarly Metrics Tahirah Akbar-Williams, Mark Cyzyk, Robin Sinn The Sheridan Libraries Johns Hopkins University
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Introduction What are scholarly metrics? Why are they important? Our history of scholarly metrics presentations
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Journal Metrics The crucial importance of the citation Journal impact factors Journal Citation Reports (JCR) Eigenfactor.org
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Article Metrics Citation counts Traditional Value neutral Database dependent
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Different Databases, Different Counts Web of Science Google Scholar Scopus
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Newer Article Metrics Views Downloads Shares Twitter mentions Blog mentions
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Author Metrics Author impact factors, H-Indexes, etc. Google Scholar Web of Science
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AThe Author Tracking the impact of your work --Who is citing your work --How influential is your work Our platforms are not exhaustive -journals vs. the web H-Index- --H- index 20 means you have 20 items that have been cited at least 20 times Researcher ID --Establish your distinguish ID
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gGoogle Scholar
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Web of Science
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Alt Metrics Quantifying social media citation Immediacy Impact or Popularity?
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The SPARC Chart
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Disciplinary Differences The Sciences The Social Sciences The Humanities
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Conclusion The Limitations: No database is global; disciplinary differences; different metrics yield different numbers! What librarians should be doing with scholarly metrics Our LibGuide: http://guides.library.jhu.edu/metrics
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