Introduction to Research Evaluation Metrics and Related Indicators

Das, Anup Kumar . Introduction to Research Evaluation Metrics and Related Indicators., 2015 In: Open Access for Researchers, Module 4: Research Evaluation Metrics. UNESCO, Paris, pp. 1-18. [Book chapter]

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This Unit encompasses and discusses citation analysis, use of citation-based indicators for research evaluation, common bibliometric indicators, classical bibliometric laws, author level indicators using authors’ public profiles, article level metrics using altmetric tools. It is to be noted that author level indicators and article level metrics are new tools for research evaluation. Author level indicators encompasses h index, citations count, i10 index, g index, articles with citation, average citations per article, Eigenfactor® score, impact points, and RG score. Article level metrics or altmetrics are based on Twitter, Facebook, Mendeley, CiteULike, and Delicious which have been discussed. All technical terms used in the Unit have been defined. This Unit discusses in details aspects such as Use of Citation-based Indicators for Research Evaluation; Transition from Citation-based Indicators to Author Level and Article Level Metrics for Research Evaluation.

Item type: Book chapter
Keywords: Research Evaluation Metrics, Altmetrics, Article Level Metrics, Impact Factor, Scientometrics, Research Evaluation, Citation-based Indicators, Author Level Metrics
Subjects: B. Information use and sociology of information
B. Information use and sociology of information > BB. Bibliometric methods
H. Information sources, supports, channels. > HL. Databases and database Networking.
Depositing user: Dr Anup Kumar Das
Date deposited: 20 Mar 2015 17:49
Last modified: 20 Mar 2015 17:49
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10760/24815

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