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Why is this important?

• Bibliometrics (impact data of publications) is being used to support decision making by some Research Excellence Framework (REF) panels.
• These are also used in some international league tables of universities
• They can be used as part of CVs and/or funding applications

Potential methods to improve impact

• Making the article available via Open Access
• Making the underlying data available
• Blogging may be useful

Key Areas

Journal based metrics - these can help you decide where to publish

• E.g. Impact factors, Eigenfactors

People and article based metrics - these can help you track your own impact

• E.g. times cited of articles, h-index

Profiling & Identify - services to track your impact

• E.g. ResearcherID (Web of Science); Google Scholar Citations, ORCID

Responsible Metrics - how to use metrics in a way consistent with best practice and university policy.