Measuring Your Research Impact

Learn how to assess and increase the impact of your research:

• Author/Article Impact
  
  
• Journal Impact
  
  
• Alternative Metrics
  
  
• Increasing Your Impact

See the Scholarly Communication guide for information on related topics such as author rights, open access, open textbooks, copyright, and UNI ScholarWorks.

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"Impact" is the influence, standing, or contribution of a particular author, article, journal, or other publication in a given field.  

This guide discusses various ways to look at impact and how to measure it with tools that answer questions such as:

• How many scholars are citing a particular work?
  
  
• How many scholars are citing a particular author's works in total?
  
  
• Who is citing the works?
  
  
• Where are the works being cited?
  
  
• To what extent are the works being discussed in new scholarly communication channels?
  
  
• Which journals are most influential in a given field?
  
  
• How can I increase the impact of my research?
  
  

Reasons to measure impact include:

• Building a case for promotion or tenure
  
  
• Building a case for future grant or other funding requests
  
  
• Identifying potential collaborators 

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