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Measuring Research Impact Using Web of Science, Altmetrics, and Other Sources

Creating Citation Reports in Web of Science

Using Web of Science, you can learn who's citing your research and what impact it is having in the wider world.

A Definition: H-index

Web of Science and other citation services will point to your h-index as a measure of your productivity and impact as a researcher. The h-index is defined by how many h of a researcher’s publications have at least h citations each.

graph depicting how h-index is calculated

Web of Science: Citation Database Help

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