Article and conference paper metrics

Best publications听

You听may be asked for a list of your best publications or similar, for grant applications and promotions.听

The criteria for 鈥渂est鈥 or 鈥渢op鈥 publications might include:听听

  • your highest cited publications听

  • 听of your publications听

  • papers on which you were the first or final author (according to importance in your field)听

  • the ranking of the journals in which you published听

  • impact (e.g. influence on government policy, commercial applicability)听

  • your own choice听

The tools listed below and in the听Journal metrics section听can help you find metrics to define your best publications.听

  • Metrics for individual articles/conference papers

    You can see citation counts and some other metrics for individual articles using the following tools.听


    • -听Search for an article by title听
      - From the results page, see 鈥淭imes cited鈥 information to the right of the article result听
      - To see the number of citations by year, click on 鈥淐reate citation report鈥澨
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    • - Search for an article by title, and click on it听
      - On the Document Details page, select 鈥淰iew all metrics鈥 (top right)听
      - This shows number of citations total, by year, citation benchmarking, and Field-Weighted听Citation Impact.听
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    • - Search for an article by title听
      - See 鈥淐ited by鈥 figure under article result听

    Not all of your articles may appear in听all of these听databases, as they do not all index the same journals, and may also be limited by date range.听

    Other specialised subject databases or publishing platforms may have their own article level metrics.听You听can access听these听directly听by searching the relevant听databases.听听

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    Some of your publications may have had impact outside/beyond the academic world. You can use alternative metrics (altmetrics) to demonstrate this impact.听

    • Altmetric Explorer听
      You听can track听social media, news, government and policy mentions of your journal articles and conference papers via听Altmetric Explorer. These mentions can be used to make a case for the wider impact of your research.听

    The 成人大片 has its own Altmetric Explorer portal, and all university outputs are tracked automatically. You can search for individual publications听from the Search box (top right) or the Advanced Search page (click 鈥淓dit Search鈥 at top).听听


    • Scopus听also features听听for individual articles. These can be viewed from the Document Details page by selecting 鈥淰iew all metrics鈥 (top right).听

  • Metrics for your articles/conference papers as a set

    If your articles and conference papers are indexed in a database like Web of Science, Scopus, or Google, you can also view metrics for your output as a set, rather than having to look each paper up individually.听

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    听- Click the Author Search tab, and search for yourself by name, ORCiD, or听ResearcherID听
    - Select the correct Author listing(s) and click on the name听
    - You can now view a list of your publications, which you can order by citation count, first/last/corresponding author, and export and analyse as a set.听

    Reference Guide:听Analysis of author outputs鈥痷sing Web of Science听
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    Reference guides:听
    Using听InCites听to collect metrics on a researcher: overview report
    Using听InCites听to collect metrics on a researcher: customised report
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    - Click on the Author search tab, and search for yourself by name or ORCiD听
    - Select the correct Author listing and click on the name, or 鈥淪how documents鈥 > 鈥淎nalyse search results鈥澨
    - You can now view a list of your publications, which you can order by citation count or first author and export and analyse as a set.听

    Reference guide:听Analysis of author outputs using Scopus听
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    - All your claimed articles and citation counts can be viewed here.听

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