Useful Tips
There are many questions as to what types of sources to use- popular vs. scholarly, how to merge more opinion based ethical commentary with scientific research, and what types of journals are appropriate to use for your paper. When you are really in doubt about a resource, ask your professor. However, if you want a generally guidelines use this tab to answer some basic of the basic questions about what you can use and how to justify.
- Measuring your Research ImpactLibrary guide that provides more detail about measuring author impact, journal impact, and how to measure your own impact as you begin getting papers published. This is your best option for general overview and how each type of index is measured.
- h-indexDecent Wikipedia article that discusses the role of scientific research impact.
- g-indexVery basic description of g-index.
- Google Scholar MetricsDescription of the research metrics used by Google Scholar.