Answered By: Laurissa GannLast Updated: Feb 28, 2018 Views: 99
There are several ways to measure the impact of a single article. Traditionally, authors have relied on citation counts. However, there are several ways to view the impact of an article:
- Relative Citation Ratio - The RCR measures a paper against similar NIH funded papers that were published in the same field and year. Ap paper with an RCR of 1.0 has received the same number of cites a year as the average NIH-funded paper in its field. A paper with an RCR of 2.0 has received twice as many cites a year as the average NIH-funded paper in its field.
- Altmetric Score - This metric measures online engagement with an individual article, including mentions on Twitter, Facebook, in the news and more.
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact - This metric indicates how the number of citations received by a publication compares with the average number of citation received by similar publications in Scopus.
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The index of the journal which publishes article can also be a measure of quality. Articles published in journals with reputable indexes (like SSCI, SCI, EI) are considered more robust than articles in journal with no or less known indexes.
We can also consider the impact factors and the JCR ranks of the journals that publishes the article. All things been equal, higher journal scores correlates with the quality of the article.
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Adasa
The process whereby the impact or "quality" of an article is assessed by counting the number of times other authors mention it in their work. Citation analysis invovles counting the number of times an article is cited by other works to measure the impact of a publicaton or author.
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