Author impact looks across the entirety of your research outputs, to wholistically showcase your work. It is important to remember that not all databases will include all your work, so consider assessing author impact by utilising evidence from a range of sources.
It is important to remember:
Key measures of author impact include:
Number of publications you have authored
As evidence of productivity and quality of outputs. Example statements:
Number of times your publications have been cited.
To demonstrate the engagement with your work through the number of times it has appeared in the reference list of other articles and books. Example statements:
Number of citations per publication, calculated by dividing the total number of citations by the total number of papers indexed in a database.
To assess the average impact and engagement of your publications. Example statements:
An analysis of the articles citing your work, demonstrates geographic location of citation and the subject area influence of your publications.
To provide context to the audience of your work through infographics analysing the citing articles. Example statements:
An indicator of impact normalised for subject area, year of publication (age), and document type. This metric accounts for differences in publication and citation behaviour between disciplines. SciVal has the Field Weighted Citation Impact (FWCI), which is based on publications indexed in Scopus. InCites has the Category Normalized Citation Impact (CNCI), which is based on publications indexed in Web of Science.
To show how the citations received by your publications compare with the average for similar publications. A FWCI (SciVal) or CNCI (InCites) of 1.00 indicates that your publications have been cited as expected based on the average for similar publications. More than 1.00 indicates more cited than expected, less than 1.00 indicates less cited than expected. Example statements:
A representation of the number of your papers and the number of citations those papers have received. An h-index of 8 means that an author has 8 publications that have been cited at least 8 times.
As evidence of the scholarly influence of your body of work. This metric should always be used in conjunction with other metrics. Example statements:
An indicator of the number of publications you have co-authored through collaboration with international, national or institutional partners.
To demonstrate the extent of your collaboration with academic or industry-based partners. You may consider using this metric in conjunction with other metrics to demonstrate impact. A screenshot of co-authorship networks from Dimensions, or publishing networks from UOW Scholars could be a valuable addition to a CV to demonstrate the reach of your academic and industry collaborations.
An indicator of the number of citations your publications have received from patents.
To provide information about the economic impact of your research and to demonstrate how your research has influenced the creation of products. Example statements:
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