Author Metrics

This guide will help authors track their output, which can be helpful for grant applications, annual review processes and much more. 

Author metrics are a way to measure a scholarly author's output and impact. An H-index is the most common measurement (see "Glossary" in the filters to the left). An author's H-index can be found in Google Scholar and Scopus, among others.

• H-index (Hirsch index): Measures the output of an author according to the number of articles published and the number of citations received. An author with an h-index of x has published x articles which have been cited x or more times, and his or her remaining papers have received fewer than x citations. While this is not officially a measure of journal output, Scopus and Google Scholar list h-indices for journals. 
  • Available in Scopus 

• H5-index: The h-index of only those articles published in the last five complete calendar years.
  • Available in Google Scholar