Measures of Author Impact
An author's impact on their field or discipline has traditionally been measured using the number of times their academic publications are cited by other researchers. There are numerous algorithms that account for such things as the recency of the publication, or poorly or highly cited papers. While citation metrics may reflect the impact of research in a field, there are many potential biases with these measurements and they should be used with care. For a critique of author impact factors, see this article in the Chronicle of Higher Education.
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- H-IndexThe most widely used research metric, measures both productivity and impact of an author's scholarly output. Tools for calculating your H-index include Web of Science and Google Scholar.
- G-IndexProposed in 2006 by Leo Egghe as an alternative to the H-index, adds more weight to highly cited articles.
- i10-IndexA very simple measure of impact, this metric is only used by Google Scholar.