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Metrics for impact

Use research metrics to ensure your publications are correctly attributed, measure your research performance and choose the best places to publish.

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Make sure your publications are recognised and your achievements are visible. Metrics can help you:

  • benchmark your publications against peers, research areas, institutions or the world
  • showcase your strengths and performance for academic promotion and grants
  • choose the best journals to publish to make sure your research is seen. 

Individual author metrics

Ensure your publications are linked to your profile and benchmark your work for academic promotion. View and export reports on your research performance to use as evidence for grants and promotions and to promote your research to future collaborators.

Before you start, make sure you have an ORCID. It’s your global researcher ID, and it’s essential for academic promotion at Federation.

Create a Researcher Profile

Go to Web of Science and select 'Register' to make an account.

If you have an existing online account with another Clarivate product (such as Incites or EndNote) you'll already have a login. Use your existing login credentials to access your account.

Find and claim your Web of Science author record

  1. Log in to Web of Science using your Federation account. 
  2. Search for your name, open the record and select 'Claim my record'.
  3. Review the list of publications and claim any works that belong to you, making sure your profile is complete and accurate.
  4. Link your ORCID to your Web of Science profile so your publications are automatically synced.
  5. From your author profile, you can view details your publications in Web of Science, H-Index number, Citing articles and more.

Provided by Clarivate Analytics, InCites draws on data from Web of Science to help you find and benchmark your publications against peers, research areas, institutions, or even the world average.

  1. Go to InCites and log in using your Federation University credentials. If you’re new, create an account using your university email address.
  2. Compare your metrics against peers, research areas, institutions, or the world average.
  3. Review citation counts, h-index, and other key metrics.
  4. Download or generate reports for your academic promotion application.

InCites updates monthly, so check back regularly to see your latest data.

Check out the InCites help guide for step-by-step instructions, training and more. 

You can create a list of your cited publications and see your h-index using the Scopus database.

  1. Log in to Scopus using your Federation account.
  2. Select 'Authors' search to find all variations of the name.
  3. Enter your last name, first name, initial(s), and name of affiliation or university. You can also search by ORCID ID.
  4. Select your name to open your record
  5. Select 'Citation overview' to see your documents, citations and h-index. You can also export a report to Excel.

How to assess an author's impact tutorial.

Journal metrics

Journals are ranked in categories according to citations in the Web of Science and Scopus databases. When choosing where to publish, Web of Science and Scopus can provide detailed metrics so you target a highly ranked journal (Q1).

Clarivate's Journal Citation Reports (JCR) uses data sourced from Web of Science database. JCR metrics include Journal Impact Factor (JIF), Journal Citation Indicator (JCI) and Eigenfactor Score.

  1. Sign in to Web of Science's Journal Citation Reports using your Clarivate account, or register a new account. 
  2. Select 'Journals' and search for journals by title or category or use the filters on the left-hand side of the screen to refine your search.
  3. Click on a publication title to see more detailed data, like the Journal Impact Factor Trend and ranks.

Check out the Journal Citation Reports basics guide for step-by-step instructions, training and more.

Scopus Source metrics include CiteScore, CiteScore percentile, Source Normalized Impact per Paper (SNIP) and SCImago Journal Ranking (SJR).

  1. Go to Scopus Sources.
  2. From the search drop-down menu, select a source type.
  3. Use the search tool to search by Title for metrics on a specific journal, or by Subject area to look at the rankings for journals in your areas of research. 

Check out the Scopus Sources guide for step-by-step instructions to filter, download and use the Sources list.

Need help? 

Book an appointment with a librarian for one-on-one support or check the Research Training and Development calendar for upcoming events.
Our team can help you tidy up your profile, claim your works, and make sure your achievements are front and centre.