Demystifying Academic Impact Metrics (presented in English)
It is increasingly important for researchers to understand academic (viz. scholarly) metrics since they often play a critical role in recruitment, performance evaluation, promotion and grant applications. The aim of this session will be to explain different types of research metrics; where to find it; how they are calculated; how they can be applied and what they mean.
During the session, attendees will learn about publication counts, citations, h-index, CiteScore, Impact Factor, Field-weighted Citation Impact, collaboration metrics and top journal and citation percentiles, as well as metrics related to news media, social media and other online platforms. A practical demonstration will be based on Scopus and SciVal, Elsevier research intelligence tools.
Best practice for applying academic metrics responsibly will also be addressed in reference to Elsevier guidelines and international standards such as the Dora Declaration and the Leiden Manifesto."
