Library Research Support offers live training workshops in the following areas. Check the library events page to book a place on a scheduled event, or contact us if you'd like us to run an event for your research group.

Please also check out our other training offers in the areas of Open Research, Research Data Management, Open Access, and Digital Humanities.

Researcher Metrics

Research Impact and Citation Metrics

This one-hour workshop provides an introduction into research indicators such as the h-index, Journal Impact Factor, and other citation-based metrics, and how these can be used to provide insight into research impact. It will also cover the limitations of citation metrics and the possible confounding factors, and the importance of contextualising information. This workshop is aimed at academics and postgraduate researchers, including early career researchers.
The following key areas will be covered:

• What are research indicators?
• What can citation metrics tell us? What can’t they tell us?
• Metrics for researchers, articles, journals, and institutions
• Contextualising metrics
• Introduction to SciVal and other tools
• Support available

This workshop is run by Library Research Support and has no prerequisites.

You can book onto a scheduled event through the Develop platform here: Research Impact and Citation Metrics