Whittemore Library: The Scholarly Publishing Hub: Impact within Academia

IMPACT WITHIN ACADEMIA

Citations, journal impact factors, h-indices, even tweets and Facebook likes – there are no end of quantitative measures that can now be used to try to assess the quality and wider impacts of research. But how robust and reliable are such metrics, and what weight – if any – should we give them in the future management of research systems at the national or institutional level?

-Responsible Metrics: 'The Metric Tide'

Post-Publication Metrics (Your Work Being Cited by Others, and More)

Best Practices for the use of Scholarly Impact Metrics (PDF)
The Becker Medical Library Model for Assessment of Research Impact Model (PDF)
Mastering Metrics (Infographic)
Quick Reference Cards for Research Impact Metrics (Infographic)
Collecting Research Impact Evidence (PDF)
Bibliometrics for your CV (Infographic)
The Right Metrics for Generation Open: a guide to getting credit for Open Science (Blog Post)
23 diverse metrics to use in your next grant application (Blog Post)
Metrics (From the Metric Toolkit)
Listing and brief descriptions of currently-used post-publication research assessment metrics.

Post-Publication Peer Review

What is Post-Publication Peer Review? (Short Article)
Short article by an open access post-publication peer reviewed journal.
An Overview of Post-Publication Peer Review (Short article)
Short article 2021 that gives a good overview.
Post-Publication Peer Review of Scientific Manuscripts: Boom or Bust? (Blog Article)
Short article briefly detailing the pros and cons regarding post publication peer review.
Implementing a "publish, then review" model of publishing (Article)
Short PubMed Central article.
PubPeer - "The Online Journal Club"
"The PubPeer Foundation is a California-registered public-benefit corporation with 501(c)(3) nonprofit status in the United States. The overarching goal of the Foundation is to improve the quality of scientific research by enabling innovative approaches for community interaction.
Our current focus is maintaining and developing the PubPeer online platform for post-publication peer review."

Research Community Discussion/Advocacy about Research Assessment

San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment
"The Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA) recognizes the need to improve the ways in which the outputs of scholarly research are evaluated."
Rethinking Research assessment: Ideas for Action (PDF Infographic)
"Assessing research and researchers, especially in research-intensive institutions, frequently relies on indicators like Journal Impact Factor (JIF) and similar measures as proxies for quality in research, promotion, and tenure (RPT) decisions. But a closer examination indicates that the perceived value of JIF is often grounded in five common myths."