Measuring Research Impact and Boosting your Online Presence

Measuring Research Impact

Impact of journals: journal impact factors are calculated and reported annually by the Journal Citation Reports database. Journals with higher impact factors publish articles that are cited a greater number of times, on average, than journals with lower impact factors. For example, if a journal has a 2018 impact factor of 4, this means that articles published in 2016 and 2017 were cited 4 times, on average, in 2018.
Impact of journal articles:
Citations: the number of times an article has been included in the reference list of other journal articles
Altmetrics: the number of times an article has been viewed, downloaded, shared, or mentioned in social or news media
Impact of researchers: the h-index is a combined measure of researcher productivity (i.e., number of publications) and impact (i.e., number of citations). If a researcher has an h-index of 6, this means that her 6 most highly cited articles have at least 6 citations each.‍

ORCID: Register for an ORCID ID and populate your ORCID profile with your affiliations, publications, grants, and more.
Google Scholar profile: Create a Google Scholar profile to showcase your publications.
Mendeley: Populate your Mendeley profile with your affiliations, publications, and research interests.
ResearchGate and Academia.edu: Sign up for ResearchGate and Academia.edu account to share your research contributions and network with peers.
Twitter: Sign up for Twitter; follow your favorite researchers, research institutions, and journals; and contribute to the online discussion about breaking biomedical discoveries

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